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. 2022 Jul;14(Suppl 1):S236-S238.
doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_115_22. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

A Comparative Study of Mid-Crestal Incision and Diode Laser Shaped Incision to Assess Papilla Level in Second Stage Dental Implant Surgery

Anuj Singh Parihar  1 , Abhigyan Manas  2 , P V Gopinath  3 , Muzammil Moin Ahmed  4 , Mohammed Ibrahim Mathar  5 , Meghna Chauhan  6 , S Bhuvaneshwari  7
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A Comparative Study of Mid-Crestal Incision and Diode Laser Shaped Incision to Assess Papilla Level in Second Stage Dental Implant Surgery

Anuj Singh Parihar et al. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

Objectives: To assess papilla level using different techniques in a second stage dental implant surgery.

Materials and methods: Thirty patients who received 45 dental implants were equally divided into 3 groups of 10 each. Group I patients were operated with a scalpel with mid-crestal incision. In group II, dental implants were exposed with a gallium-aluminum-arsenide diode laser. In group III, dental implants were exposed with I shaped incision using a scalpel. Assessment of modified gingival index (mGI), modified plaque index (mPI), and Jemt index were performed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months. The measurement of FAJI, FAJAdj, ST height, and CP Bone crest was performed.

Results: A significant difference in crestal bone level of FAJ- I, FAJ- adj, ST height, and CP Bone crest was recorded at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months among groups I, II, and III (P < 0.05). At 6 months, both groups II and III exhibited >60% of papilla fill as compared to group I.

Conclusion: Diode laser offers maximum papillary fill and resulted in less crestal bone loss as compared to mid-crestal and I shaped incision during a second stage surgery.

Keywords: Dental implant; dental papilla; diode laser.

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Measurement of crestal bone level in all groups
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