Photodynamic Therapy and Photobiomodulation on Oral Lesion in Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Report

This article reports the case of a patient with oral manifestation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treated with photobiomodulation (PBM) and photodynamic therapy (PDT). Some dermatological and oral mucosal lesions have recently been linked to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. A 65-year-old female patient with a confirmed real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction diagnosis of COVID-19 presented with dry edematous lips, edema with mucosal desquamation, ulceration and blood crust on the inner aspect of the lips, gingival petechiae and erythematous and pseudomembranous lesions on the dorsum of the tongue. The treatment protocol was three sessions of antimicrobial PDT (aPDT) (660 nm diode laser + methylene blue) to the lips and tongue, every 24 h to control contamination, followed by PBM (low-power laser, 100 mW, 2 J/point) to the lips, tongue, and oral mucosa for additional four sessions every 24 h. Therapy association promoted pain control and healing of oral mucosal lesions in 7 days of treatment. PBM and aPDT could be an interesting approach to manage COVID-19 patients.