Minovska, Ana and Popovska, Mirjana and Radojkova-Nikolovska, Vera and Cvetanovska-Stojchevska, Daniela and Popescu, Eugenia and Forna, Doriana Agop (2015) Study Regarding the Use of Er: YAG Laser for Initial Treatment of Periodontal Disease. Revista de Chimie, 66 (7). pp. 1052-1056. ISSN 0034-7752
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Abstract
We have set the goal of our study to follow the clinical indicators for successful treatment and periodontal
stability after nonsurgical therapy of patients with chronic periodontal disease, using the Lite Touch ER: YAG
laser, versus conventional, mechanical - hand instrumentation. The split mouth design was performed on 20 patients at age ≥ 35 years with chronic periodontitis and 68 teeth with clinical attachment loss ≥ 5 mm were
included. In each contralateral pair one tooth was treated with “closed curetage” i.e. gingival curettage
followed by SRP (scaling and root planning) using ultrasonic and hand instruments, while the other were
treated with laser assisted gingival curettage followed by laser assisted SRP (scaling and root planning)
using Lite Touch Er: YAG laser. Dental plaque (DP), papilla bleeding index (PBI), clinical attachment level
(CAL), gingival recession (GR), periodontal probing depth (PPD) and bone loss were assessed at the baseline visit and 3 months following therapy. After three months iterative comparison of the data was made showing statistically highly significant difference between patients treated classically with mechanical debridement and laser (p < 0.01) for PBI, PPD, CAL, GR and bone level. The obtained result, using the above mention laser settings, puts the Lite Touch™ Er: YAG laser as an efficient therapeutic tool for closed curettage
and therapy of choice in the treatment of the chronic periodontitis.
Keywords: dental plaque, calculus, Er:YAG laser, chronic periodontis, periodontal treatment
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences Medical and Health Sciences > Other medical sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Ana Minovska |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2015 14:49 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2015 14:49 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/14089 |
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