Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is a newly developing technique in dentistry, although it has been used among medical, dental, physiotherapy, and veterinary professions in some parts of the world for decades. LLLT can offer tremendous therapeutic benefits to patients, such as accelerated wound healing and pain relief. There is much to be learned about the mechanisms, recognition of the therapeut...

Laser in Periodontics: Review of the Literature Alex Smith Certificate in Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Pain Department, 2015 Thesis directed by: Peter Bertrand, CAPT (ret), DC, USN Research Department Naval Postgraduate Dental School INTRODUCTION: While still considered a new technology, the use of lasers in dentistry is rapidly increasing in use and clinical success. The main question to ask is "...

Soft Tissue Laser Surgery is different from Hard Tissue Laser Surgery (bones and teeth in dentistry) and Laser Eye Surgery (eye sight corrective surgeries) by particular types of lasers. Lasers differ from each other by the wavelength of light they produce. The most commonly used surgical laser in soft tissue surgery is the CO2 laser. The CO2 laser wavelength (10.6 micrometers) is highly absorb...

objectives : this study sought to assess the effect of low-level laser (lll) on pain and trismus after impacted mandibular third molar surgery. materials and methods : this double blind controlled clinical trial was conducted on 40 healthy patients with no underlying disease and impacted mesioangular mandibular third molars with the same level of difficulty. the patients were divided into two g...

introduction: providing desirable smile is one of the main concerns in cosmetic dentistry. hyperpigmentation is one of the esthetic concerns especially in gummy smile patients. lasers with different wavelength are used for oral surgery including carbon dioxide laser (co2), neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (nd:yag), erbium family and diode laser. in this case, all esthetic procedures inc...

abstract today, the laser is used in a wide range of dental procedures. some of the advantages of some lasers in treatment of oral soft tissue lesions are: elimination of need for local anesthesia, minimal bleeding, fast healing, absence of postoperative complications and reduction of recurrence rate. for these reasons is was used for treatment of oral fibroma. to our knowledge this is the firs...