The adjunct effectiveness of diode laser gingivectomy in maintaining periodontal health during orthodontic treatment

To, Tony N F; Rabie, A. Bakr M.; Wong, Ricky W.K.; McGrath, Colman

doi:10.2319/012612-66.1

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“…Table 1 shows a summary of clinical trials that were included in this study. Four studies used laser for gingivectomy 10,29,31,32 and 2 studies reported labial frenectomy. 19,32 Lingual frenectomy was investigated by 2 articles.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In another study, To et al compared adjunctive diode laser gingivectomy to non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with fixed orthodontic appliance. 10 The difference between the experimental and control groups was only significant at the early stages of treatment, which showed significant improvement in periodontal health in the laser group. Based on the results, diode laser gingivectomy can produce greater periodontal health, earlier.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…31 Four studies only used topical anesthesia in laser groups. 10,29,31,32 Aboelsaad and Attia 29 used topical anesthetic gel and applied local anesthesia injection when needed, but the author did not mention how many patients finally got the injection. Two articles used topical anesthetic and local infiltration for all patients.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…32 Six studies used diode laser. 9,10,29,[31][32][33] Junior et al used neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser for labial frenectomy in comparison with conventional surgical procedure. 19 Jahanbin et al used Er:YAG laser for fiberotomy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…8 Numerous studies have focused on laser as an adjunctive procedure in orthodontic practice. [9][10][11] Many advantages of laser have influenced orthodontic treatments such as accelerating tooth movement, 12 debonding ceramic brackets and soft tissue excision. [13][14][15] Laser is a beneficial technique in soft tissue surgery compared to scalpel.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Laser Surgery of Soft Tissue in Orthodontics: Review of the Clinical Trials

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Matini

2017

J Lasers Med Sci

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Introduction: Recently, a wide variety of procedures have been done by laser application in orthodontics. Apart from the mentioned range of various treatments, laser has become a tool for many soft tissue surgeries as an alternative to conventional scalpel-based technique during orthodontic treatments in the management of soft tissue. Due to scarce information in the latter subject, this study was designed in order to include clinical trials that included soft tissue ablation by laser in orthodontics. Methods: Literature was searched based on PubMed and Google Scholar databases in 5 years (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) with English language restriction and clinical trial design. Studies that performed soft tissue application of laser during orthodontic treatment were extracted by the authors. Results: Only eight studies met the inclusion criteria. No significant difference was found between laser ablation and conventional scalpel technique in the matter of treatment outcome. However, few issues remained to clarify the differences in the mentioned procedures. Conclusion: Laser performance can be recommended in case of preceding less bleeding and discomfort during surgical procedure. There are still quandaries among clinical application of scalpel-based surgery in aesthetic region with bracket-bonded teeth. Precaution and knowledge regarding the characteristics of laser beam such as wavelength, frequency, power and timing is extremely needed.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Prisma 2009 Flow Diagrammentioning

confidence: 99%