Cryosurgical treatment of gingival melanin pigmentation with tetrafluoroethane

Arikan, Fatih; Gürkan, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.08.008

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“…Although physiologic gingival pigmentation is a common condition in most cases, complaints of black gums resulting from esthetic concerns are particularly common among adolescents 8 . Pigmentation can be removed for esthetic reasons using different treatment modalities.…”

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Quadrant Wise Comparison of Four Different Treatment Modalities for the Management of Hyperpigmented Gingiva: A Quotidian Evaluatorycase Report.

Hegde¹,

Jiyad²,

RajeshK³

et al. 2017

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Quadrant Wise Comparison of Four Different Treatment Modalities for the Management of Hyperpigmented Gingiva: A Quotidian Evaluatorycase Report.

Hegde¹,

Jiyad²,

RajeshK³

et al. 2017

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“…In 2007, Arikan and Giirkan (19) applied cryosurgical treatment with tetrafluoroethane on 21 patients and reported that keratinization was completed 3 to 4 weeks after application, without any trace of pigmentation. During the follow-up period, no side effects were observed and improved aesthetics were maintained up to 30 months.…”

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Simple and Effective Cryosurgical Treatment of Various Oral Lesions

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of cryosurgery on 134 different benign oral lesions in 90 patients. All lesions were treated every 2 weeks until complete regression of the lesion had been achieved. Patients were examined at 2, 7, and 10 days, 2 and 4 weeks, and 3 and 6 months after the cryosurgery. The relationship between the number of cryosurgery applications to achieve complete regression and the type oflesions was assessed for statistical significance by one-way analysis of variance and with the Scheffe test. The mean application number of the cryosurgery was 1.82±0.49 for fibroma, 2.35±1.44 for vascular lesions, 1.50±0.70 for mucocele, 2.65±1.18 for lichen planus lesions. The difference between the type of the lesion and number of application was statistically significant for all groups (p< 0.05). Our data prove that a significantly fewer number of cryosurgery treatments are required to achieve complete regression for fibroma and mucocele lesions compared to lichen planus lesions. During the follow-up period, only 7 lichen planus lesions of 76 lesions recurred.

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“…In contrast to laser surgery and the conventional cryosurgery methods, the Tetrafluoroethane cryosurgery serves as an inexpensive, easy-to-use, store and transport [16]. In addition, the lack of bleeding and scar formation, its application without a regional anaesthesia, sutures or dressing, the ease of application of the cryogen at the papillary area by using a small cotton pledget, the added advantage of the depth control by using the time factor [11] makes the Tetrafluoroethane cryosurgery superior to scalpel, Laser and the conventional cryotherapy procedures in many aspects.…”

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