Sonali, Sarkar (2013) Diode Laser and Er,Cr:YSGG Laser in the treatment of Oral Leukoplakia: A Comparative Study. Masters thesis, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Soft tissue lasers and certain hard tissue laser have been used in the treatment of oral mucosal lesions. This study was an attempt to compare soft tissue laser and hard tissue laser in treating oral leukoplakia. AIM & OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of Diode Laser and Er,Cr:YSGG Laser in treating oral leukoplakia by assessing intraoperative pain and bleeding and postoperative pain on the following seven postoperative days as well as wound healing on the 7th, 14th and 21st postoperative days. METHODOLOGY: The study population included five patients, above the age of 18 years, provisionally diagnosed and histopathologically confirmed as having oral leukoplakia. In each patient part of the lesion was treated with Diode laser and the rest with Er,Cr:YSGG laser. Each patient was assessed individually during both laser procedures for intraoperative pain and bleeding during procedure, for postoperative pain on the following seven post-operative days and for wound healing on the 7th, 14th and 21st day after treatment. Pain was assessed using three different pain rating scales and wound healing using visual method. RESULTS: Using Diode laser caused minimal to no pain, excellent hemostasis and good wound healing with no postoperative complications and Er,Cr:YSGG laser caused minimal discomfort to patient, profuse bleeding during procedure and good healing outcome in treatment of oral leukoplakia. CONCLUSION: While comparing both the lasers, in this present study it has been concluded that Diode laser (940nm) is superior to that of Er,Cr:YSGG laser (2780nm) in treating oral leukoplakia.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Diode laser ; Er,Cr:YSGG laser ; Oral leukoplakia. |
| Subjects: | DENTAL > Oral Medicine and Radiology |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2017 07:16 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2017 07:16 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/3896 |
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