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Case Reports
. 2013 Fall;4(4):206-11.

Diode laser application in soft tissue oral surgery

Ehsan Azma  1 , Nassimeh Safavi  2
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Diode laser application in soft tissue oral surgery

Ehsan Azma et al. J Lasers Med Sci. 2013 Fall.

Abstract

Introduction: Diode laser with wavelengths ranging from 810 to 980 nm in a continuous or pulsed mode was used as a possible instrument for soft tissue surgery in the oral cavity.

Discussion: Diode laser is one of laser systems in which photons are produced by electric current with wavelengths of 810, 940 and 980nm. The application of diode laser in soft tissue oral surgery has been evaluated from a safety point of view, for facial pigmentation and vascular lesions and in oral surgery excision; for example frenectomy, epulis fissuratum and fibroma. The advantages of laser application are that it provides relatively bloodless surgical and post surgical courses with minimal swelling and scarring. We used diode laser for excisional biopsy of pyogenic granuloma and gingival pigmentation.

Conclusion: The diode laser can be used as a modality for oral soft tissue surgery.

Keywords: laser; oral surgery; soft tissue.

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