To ensure optimal patient compliance, the process begins with a brief, thorough instruction. Here, the patient experiences the fit of the splint and the thermal effect, while being guided on the use of Lumorinse. By creating this sense of security from the start, you ensure a successful home routine that works directly with your clinical treatment goals.
Optimal bacterial control between treatments – benefiting both clinic and patient
Before scaling and periodontal treatment, Lumoral® loosens biofilm and facilitates the mechanical removal of plaque and calculus.
Before surgery and implant treatment, Lumoral® reduces the bacterial load and thus the bacterial contamination of the surgical field.
Sleeve application
See how to fill the Lumoral Sleeve with water and insert the Lumoral mouthpiece into the water, ensuring it reaches all corners.
From dental chair to armchair – Lumoral® follows the patient all the way.
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+ Introduction and instructions at the clinic
+ Preoperative optimization
By using Lumoral® prior to surgical procedures, including implant placement, the bacterial load on teeth and gums is significantly reduced. This minimizes the degree of bacterial contamination in the surgical field and reduces the strain on the newly operated tissue. This creates the best possible conditions for undisturbed healing and successful osseointegration.
+ Pre-instrumentation
Using Lumoral® immediately before dental cleaning or periodontal treatment (root planing) destabilises the biofilm and loosens the plaque structure. This facilitates the mechanical removal of calculus, reduces bacteraemia during treatment, and promotes faster regeneration of the marginal gingiva.
+ Extraction and postoperative care
As part of the subsequent healing process, Lumoral® is suitable for controlling bacterial levels around the wound site without mechanical disturbance. When integrated into the postoperative routine, the treatment reduces the risk of secondary infections and alveolitis sicca (dry socket), while the photobiomodulating effect stimulates tissue healing and reduces inflammation.
Benefits for the Professional
Lumoral® improves the management of oral inflammation and makes more patients ready for treatment.
- Twice the effect: In a 6-month clinical study (n=200), more than twice as many patients achieved healthy gums compared to standard treatment. This means that periodontitis patients can start e.g. implant or orthodontic treatment sooner.
- Control in everyday life: The treatment works consistently between dental visits, as biofilm is kept under daily control. This reduces the risk of periodontitis and recurrence of peri-implantitis.
- Targeted support: Lumoral® is ideal for periodontal, implant and orthodontic patients. In cases of gingivitis or peri-implant mucositis, the effect can be enhanced by using Lumoral® daily as an intensive course.
In practice, this means more predictable treatment, more satisfied patients, and fewer complications.
Professional Protocols
Dive into our protocols and see how Lumoral technology can help both you and your patients get the optimal benefit from their dental treatment.
Regarding Implant Treatment
How the Lumoral® home version can be used before, during, and after implant treatment, and how to ensure long-term maintenance between dental cleanings.
Regarding orthodontics
How the Lumoral® home version can be incorporated into daily dental care during orthodontic treatment to reduce biofilm and bleeding between clinic visits.
In periodontal treatment
The Lumoral® clinic version is used before or after professional dental cleaning to eliminate bacteria on and around the teeth and to soften tartar.
Patient's treatment course
1. Assess the patient's oral self-care, needs, and motivation
Check for: biofilm, gingivitis, BoP, deep gum and implant pockets, health risk factors, and self-care habits.
2. Create an individual treatment plan
Preventive: Biofilm management and oral hygiene maintenance
Therapeutic: Inflammation management and arrest of disease progression
Intensive care: Intensive treatment of acute inflammatory conditions
3. Lumoral treatment as part of the patient's daily routine
The device is handed out at reception or delivered directly to the patient's home address.
Usage is quick: approx. 15 minutes per treatment session.
Can be made a natural part of the evening or morning routine. Requires no special skills.
Suitable for all ages – can be used independently or with assistance as needed
Clinical endpoints across Lumoral® studies
Clinical trials investigating Lumoral® treatment are designed and conducted in accordance with international standards, including ISO 14155 - GCP (Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Investigations of Medical Devices) and the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017/745. When clinical studies are performed with high quality and based on scientific evaluation, both users and dentists can trust the quality and performance of medical devices.
Sources are shown by the last plus sign.
Bleeding on probing (BOP%)
Result: BOP% decreased significantly in the Lumoral® group in several studies. *1, *2, *3, *4, *9
• p-values: 0.031, 0.00142, 0.00013, 0.00014, <0.0001 (non-smokers).
Plaque index (VPI%)
Visible Plaque Index (VPI%): significantly reduced in several studies.² ⁴ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹²
• p-values: 0.031; 0.00452; 0.044; 0.00395; 0.019
Rustogi Modified Plaque Index (RMPI): significant reduction.¹⁰
• p-value: 0.0026
Greene-Vermilion Plaque Index (GVPI): significant reduction.⁶
• p-value: <0.000110
Periodontal pockets (PPD)
Probing Pocket Depth (PPD): significant reduction in three studies.² ⁴ ⁹
• p-values: 0.04982; 0.00434; 0.019
Periodontal Epithelial Surface Area (PESA): significant reduction in two studies.² ⁴
• p-values: 0.0342; 0.0094
Periodontal pockets (PPD)
Probing Pocket Depth (PPD): significant reduction in three studies.² ⁴ ⁹
• p-values: 0.04982; 0.00434; 0.019
Periodontal Epithelial Surface Area (PESA): significant reduction in two studies.² ⁴
• p-values: 0.0342; 0.0094
PISA - inflamed pocket surface
Results: Significant reduction in two studies (final report under peer review).⁴
• p-values: 0.00162; 0.0344
Community Periodontal Index (CPI)
Results: A significant change was observed in consumer price index measurements.⁹
• p-value: 0.00065
Enzymatic analysis of inflammation (aMMP-8)
Results: Significant change in two studies.¹ ²
• p-values: 0.00471; 0.02683
Other results
• Dry mouth was reduced both subjectively and in objective measurements.⁵
• Use of the Lumoral® device improves oral hygiene (subjective and objective evaluation).¹ ² ⁷ ⁸ ¹⁰
• The use is perceived as simple and problem-free.⁷
• Long-term use (over one year) has reduced caries, plaque and calculus formation.⁷
Sources
1. Lähteenmäki H, Pätilä T, Räisänen IT, Kankuri E, Tervahartiala T, Sorsa T. (2022). Repeated Home-Applied Dual-Light Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy Can Reduce Plaque Burden, Inflammation, and aMMP-8 in Peri-Implant Disease—A Pilot Study. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8947626/
2. Pakarinen S, Saarela R, Välimaa H-M, Heikkinen AM, Kankuri E, Noponen M, Alapulli H, Tervahartiala T, Räisänen IT, Sorsa T, Pätilä T. (2022). A Randomized Trial of Home-Applied Dual-Light Photodynamic Therapy in Stable Chronic Periodontitis (HOPE-CP) – Interim Analysis of Half Cohort Results. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9689653/
3. Lähteenmäki H, Pätilä T, Räisänen IT, Kalliala R, Sorsa T. (2025). Peri-Implant Diseases: Enhanced Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cre2.70146
4. Tegelberg P, Ojala M, Ylipalosaari M, Lindroth J, Heikkinen AM, Lähteenmäki H, Pakarinen S, Räisänen IT, Sorsa T, Pätilä T. (2025). A Multicenter, Controlled, Randomized Trial of Home-Applied Dual-Light Photodynamic Therapy in Chronic Periodontitis. Preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.25324596v1
5. Romppanen W, Helenius-Hietala J, Korte S, Pakarinen S, Saarela R, Heikkinen AM, Sorsa T, Pätilä T. (2025). Dual-Light Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy: Oral Health Improvements in Assisted Living Facilities Study Design (Article in Press)
6. Cavalcante-Bitu C, Halen P, Lehti S, Pakarinen S, Pätilä T. (2025). Regularly Home-applied Dual-light Photodynamic Therapy on Dental Hygiene- a Prospective Randomized Study in Healthy Adults. (Full study article manuscript TBD, Thesis available in Finnish: https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/799188
7. Niva E, Kulmala H, Vakkuri S, Keinänen A-L, Korteniemi A. (2024). Thesis. Comfort of using the Lumoral device and feeling of oral cleanliness in healthy adults. https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/870703
8. Haukka H, Kinnunen S, Pakarinen S. (2024). Thesis. The benefits of the Lumoral Treatment -device for oral self-care habits. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024112630435
9. Sundberg E, Kylmänen M, Eerikäinen H, Pätilä T, Sivén M. (2024) Thesis. The effect of home-use antibacterial photodynamic treatment on clinical oral parameters of patients with grade II or higher periodontitis – Evaluating an innovative medical device. https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/e9f93e98-1387-4c33-ba12-54f73526b6ae
10. Gusseva L, Lill L, Runnel R, Pätilä T. (2025) Thesis. Regular Home-Use of Dual-Light Photodynamic Therapy in Oral Plaque Control in Healthy Adults-A Randomized Cross-Over Study. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0264/6291/2621/files/Tarto_hygiene_study_thesis_En_22May2025.pdf?v=1748262952
11. Nikinmaa S, Alapulli H, Auvinen P, Vaara M, Rantala J, et al. (2020) Dual-light photodynamic therapy administered daily provides a sustained antibacterial effect on biofilm and prevents Streptococcus mutans adaptation. PLOS ONE 15(5): e0232775. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232775
12.Nikinmaa S, Moilanen N, Sorsa T, Rantala J, Alapulli H, Kotiranta A, Auvinen P, Kankuri E, Meurman JH, Pätilä T. Indocyanine Green-Assisted and LED-Light-Activated Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy Reduces Dental Plaque. Dentistry Journal. 2021; 9(5):52. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj9050052
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