A preliminary study of healing of diode laser versus scalpel incisions in rat oral tissue: a comparison of clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical results

Employment of Diode Laser in the Treatment of Epulis Fissuratum. Case Report

“…Nowadays, the diode laser is being one of the most used for this task, since it gives numerous advantages compared to the conventional scalpel or other types of lasers [1][2][3][4][5].Some of this advantages are less intraoperative bleeding and therefore better visibility during surgery, less inflammation of the area, better coagulation and scarring, no need of suture, reduction of surgical time and minor or even the absence of surgical and postoperative pain. In addition, an instant disinfection of the surgical wound, also reducing the mechanical trauma on the tissue.…”

“…However, its cost, superior to that of the diode laser, and its greater difficulty of handling and size, make it a method not too employed and for this reason other simpler alternatives such as the diode laser are taken into considerations [6][7][8][9][10]. In relation to the Erbium (Er:YAG and Er, Cr:YSGG) lasers, they are being very recently used in conservative dentistry and bone surgery [5]. Like the CO 2 laser, its wavelength allows it to penetrate less into the tissue, so the degree of injury on the treated area is less compared to the diode laser and therefore the recovery is faster.…”

Comparison between eletrosurgery and cold blade in tongues of rats: a preliminary experimental study

“…Inconsistencies in the reports of the cicatrization of electrosurgical wounds may be attributed to the lack of standardization of the factors involved in electrosurgery, owing to the fact that, when these factors are controlled, no clinically or histologically significant differences can be seen between the cicatrization resulting from the electrosurgical wound and that produced by the cold blade 9,10,11 , which is commonly employed because of its ease of use, accuracy, and minimal damage to tissues. However, scalpels do not provide a good hemostasis, which is important on highly perfused tissues such as in the oral cavity 12 . A study made in 1988 compared the effects of electrosurgery and cold blade in the cicatrization in human incisions using electronic microscopy.…”

Transoral laser resections of oral cavity and oropharyngeal tumors

“…Течение раневого процесса значительно более бы-строе, сопровождается менее выраженными отеком и болевым синдромом в раннем послеоперационном периоде [10,11];…”