Laser is a device becoming more and more popular among dentists. It determines decontamination and bio-stimulation giving several potential applications in periodontal and oral reconstructive surgery. In orthodontics laser can provide advantages: an example is the application of laser in treating gingival hyperplasia resulting from fixed orthodontic treatment. A series of 40 patients were investigated: group 1 (10 patients treated with Nd: YAG); group 2 (10 patients treated with diode laser); group 3 (10 patients treated with CO2 laser); group 4 (10 untreated patients). Probing depth, PPD (> 3 mm); clinical attachment loss (CAL); bleeding on probing (BOP) were investigated before and after treatment. Our data demonstrated that gingival hypertrophy induced by orthodontic treatment can be treated with a laser surgery (Nd: YAG, diode, CO2): it leads to a statistically significant reductions of pseudo-pockets, but there is no difference in pseudo-pocked depth among different types of lasers. The choice of the type of laser is therefore influenced by other factors such as the learning curve, the cost and versatility.
THE TREATMENT OF GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA IN ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS: A COMPARISON OF SURGICAL LASERS
CARINCI, Francesco;
2012
Abstract
Laser is a device becoming more and more popular among dentists. It determines decontamination and bio-stimulation giving several potential applications in periodontal and oral reconstructive surgery. In orthodontics laser can provide advantages: an example is the application of laser in treating gingival hyperplasia resulting from fixed orthodontic treatment. A series of 40 patients were investigated: group 1 (10 patients treated with Nd: YAG); group 2 (10 patients treated with diode laser); group 3 (10 patients treated with CO2 laser); group 4 (10 untreated patients). Probing depth, PPD (> 3 mm); clinical attachment loss (CAL); bleeding on probing (BOP) were investigated before and after treatment. Our data demonstrated that gingival hypertrophy induced by orthodontic treatment can be treated with a laser surgery (Nd: YAG, diode, CO2): it leads to a statistically significant reductions of pseudo-pockets, but there is no difference in pseudo-pocked depth among different types of lasers. The choice of the type of laser is therefore influenced by other factors such as the learning curve, the cost and versatility.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
