TY - JOUR A1 - Kumar, Sanjiv T1 - Effect of Class IV LASER on Bell's Palsy: A case series Y1 - 2018/1/1 JF - International Journal of Forensic Odontology JO - Int J Forensic Odontol SP - 55 EP - 58 VL - 3 IS - 2 UR - https://www.ijofo.org/article.asp?issn=2542-5013;year=2018;volume=3;issue=2;spage=55;epage=58;aulast=Kumar DO - 10.4103/ijptr.ijptr_15_19 N2 - This case series describes the use of Class IV LASER in the treatment of Bells' palsy in five participants. Patients were given 7 days of physiotherapy intervention in the form of Class IV LASER for three sessions alternatively and four sessions of conservative physiotherapy based on history and clinical examination. The House-Brackmann Facial Nerve Grading System was used for the pre–post assessment. Majority of the participants showed a change with one patient returning to the normal grade. Three others had a good outcome with mild dysfunction with Grade II and one patient showed only a functional change from Grade VI to Grade IV. ER -