Lasers and the treatment of periodontitis: the essence and the noise

CM Cobb - Periodontology 2000, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The dental literature contains 25 years of accumulated reports and clinical studies
addressing the utility of lasers in the treatment of periodontitis, both as a monotherapy or as …

The effect of a pulsed Nd: YAG laser in non‐surgical periodontal therapy

DE Slot, AA Kranendonk, S Paraskevas… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Laser treatment may serve as an alternative or adjunctive treatment to
conventional mechanical therapy in periodontics. The neodymium‐doped: yttrium …

Laser-assisted periodontics

IIRH Gregg, D Gregg - US Patent 9,943,379, 2018 - Google Patents
There is a need for a minimally invasive surgical treatment method for periodontitis for the
removal of deep pockets, elimination of disease, creation of reattachment of the gingiva to …

Efficacy of high intensity diode laser as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment: a randomized controlled trial

G De Micheli, AKP de Andrade, VTE Alves… - Lasers in medical …, 2011 - Springer
The high intensity diode laser has been studied in periodontics for the reduction of
subgingival bacteria in non-surgical treatment. Our study evaluated the bacterial effect as …

A short‐term evaluation of Nd: YAG laser as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of periodontal inflammation

T Qadri, P Poddani, F Javed, J Tunér… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: This split‐mouth, single‐masked, randomized, controlled clinical trial compares
the short‐term outcomes of a combined treatment with scaling and root planing (SRP) and …

Lasers in periodontal therapy

E Passanezi, CA Damante… - Periodontology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
About 50 years ago, lasers started to be used in periodontal treatment following evidence
that wounds produced in animals healed more quickly after being irradiated with low …

Effectiveness of laser application for periodontal surgical therapy: systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Behdin, A Monje, GH Lin, B Edwards… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Evidence has shown some improved clinical outcomes and morbidity reduction
with the use of lasers for non‐surgical periodontal therapy due to ablation, vaporization …

Combined application of Er: YAG and Nd: YAG lasers in treatment of chronic periodontitis. A split‐mouth, single‐blind, randomized controlled trial

M Sağlam, S Köseoğlu, I Taşdemir… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of combined Er:
YAG and Nd: YAG laser therapy to that of scaling and root planing with hand instruments in …

[HTML][HTML] Clinically relevant outcomes in dental clinical trials: challenges and proposals

CM Pannuti, DI Sendyk, YT GraÇas, SL Takai… - Brazilian Oral …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
The impact of clinical trials on patient care depends on the outcomes that they evaluate. In
Dentistry, many trials use outcomes that are important to clinicians, but not to the patients …

Long-term effects of a single application of a water-cooled pulsed Nd: YAG laser in supplement to scaling and root planing in patients with periodontal inflammation

T Qadri, F Javed, P Poddani, J Tunér… - Lasers in medical …, 2011 - Springer
The aim of this work was to investigate the long-term effects of a single application of a water-
cooled pulsed neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd: YAG) laser, in combination with …