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Various treatment modalities are available for its management, but these have largely been ineffective.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0022215108003642_sec2\"><jats:title>Materials and methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nine cases of oral submucous fibrosis underwent a release procedure using a KTP-532 laser, from March 2005 to January 2006, within the ENT \u2013 head and neck surgery department of a tertiary centre.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0022215108003642_sec3\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pre- and post-operative mouth-opening was compared using the Wilcoxon signed rank test, and a significant difference observed (Z\u00a0=\u00a0\u22122.690, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.007). 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