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Some therapeutic approaches have been proposed including facial exercises, biofeedback, photobiomodulation, electrotherapy, massage, and thermotherapy. The present report documents a rare case of Bell's palsy in an adolescent successfully treated with a new protocol of photobiomodulation, consisting of a short\u2010term treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case report<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 13\u2010year\u2010old girl presented absence of facial movement on the right side when smiling, inability to close the right eye and to raise the right eyebrow, intense painful symptoms on the right side of the face, difficult in chewing and talking, and sialorrhea. She was diagnosed with an idiopathic facial paralysis or Bell's palsy associated with right masseter myalgia, and treated with three sessions of photobiomodulation using infrared laser, 100\u00a0mW output power, 100\u00a0J\/cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> of energy density, 28\u00a0seconds per point, applied at the origin and insertion of the right superficial masseter muscle. 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