Clinical and Biochemical Effects of 810 nm Diode Laser as an Adjunct to Periodontal Therapy: A Randomized Split-Mouth Clinical Trial

Abstract

Within the limitations of this study, the use of diode lasers as an adjunct to SRP produced significant improvements in clinical parameters as well as gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) IL-1β levels in the 6 month study period.

Role of Diode Lasers (800–980 Nm) as Adjuncts to Scaling and Root Planing in the Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis: A Systematic Review

“…In three studies, 31-33 the mean age of the patients was not reported. Eight studies 9,[15][16][17][18]27,28,30,33 reported the gender of participants. The study follow-up period ranged between 1 and 6 months ( Table 1).…”

“…In 8 studies [16][17][18]28,33 , participants were nonsmokers. In studies by Zingale et al 15 and Kamma et al 9 the number of smokers were 2 and 18 patients, respectively.…”

“…Ten studies 9,[15][16][17][18]27,28,[31][32][33] reported the diameter of the optic fiber, which ranged between 300 lm and 2 mm. Euzebio Alves et al, 28 Kamma et al, 9 and De Micheli et al 18 reported the power density of the diode laser used, which were 1193.7, 2830, and 1193.7 W/cm 2 , respectively.…”

Diode Laser as an Adjunctive to Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy during Maintenance Phase: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

“…Some studies reported SRP + L better than SRP alone. [10][11][12] In contrast to this, few studies found no additional effects of lasers. 37,38 Meta-analysis/systematic reviews also showed no additional effect of laser.…”

“…[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Many studies have been reported the use of SRP + Laser but there are very few studies on lasers in maintenance phase. According to the best of author's knowledge, there are no reports evaluating the diode laser with the described parameters in our study during maintenance phase.…”