BACKGROUND: Chronic Periodontitis (CP) is a major cause of tooth loss. Management usually consists
of Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy (NSPT) and surgical treatment. Lately advances in periodontics
include the use of lasers, known for their benecial effects, as efcient adjuvants to NSPT. This study evaluated and compared
clinically, the efcacy of 980 nm Diode Laser (DL) used as adjunct to conventional NSPT for treating CP. MATERIALS AND
METHODS: The study included 50 subjects, aged 35-65 years with moderate CP (5-8mm pocket depth). According to inclusion
and exclusion criteria, 25 patients were selected and randomly allocated to two groups; the rst group, the control group (CG),
treated by NSPT; and 25 in the second test group, (TG), received NSPT followed by DL irradiation. Assessment was conducted
for gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), clinical attachment level (CAL), and probing pocket depth (PPD) at baseline
(B/L), 4th and 12th weeks. RESULTS: There was statistically signicant improvement in all clinical parameters. GI reduced from
2.35 at B/L to 1.07 and 0.93 in CG; and from 2.39 to 0.96 and 0.85 in TG at 4 and 12 weeks (P < 0.00001). At B/L all 50 patients had
BOP, which decreased to 7 in the CG and to 0 in the TG at both 4 and 12 weeks, (P < 0.003). PPD at B/L was 7.8mm for CG; 7.92
mm for TG and reduced to 4.8mm and 5.1mm in CG; 3.64 mm and 3.36mm in TG at 4 and 12 weeks (P < 0.00001). CAL at B/L was
7.24 mm for CG and 7.28mm for TG, and improved to 4.6mm and 4.72mm and in TG to 3.28mm at 4 and 12 weeks (P < 0.00001).
CONCLUSIONS: The application of adjunctive980 nm DL improves clinical parameters including GI, CAL, PPD and most
markedly, BOP
BACKGROUND: Subgingival plaque is the initiating factor for Chronic Periodontitis (CP). Therefore
initial measures consist of Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy (NSPT). The use of lasers as adjuvants to
NSPT has gained preference for many years now. However it has not been completely validated. So, we studied the efcacy of
diode laser (DL), as adjunct to NSPT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 50 subjects, aged 35-65 years with moderate CP (5-8 mm
pocket depth), based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, 25 patients were selected and randomly allocated to two groups; the
rst group, control group (CG), treated by NSPT; and 25 in the second test group, (TG), received NSPT followed by DL
irradiation. Assessment was conducted for gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), clinical attachment level (CAL), and
probing pocket depth (PPD) at baseline (B/L), 1, 3, 6, and 9 months. RESULTS: There was improvement of all clinical parameters
in both the groups, but was more statistically signicant in the TG. CONCLUSIONS: The application of adjunctive 980nm DL
improves clinical parameters including GI, CAL, PPD and most markedly, BOP.
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