Laser treatment of vascular anomalies of oral cavity

Abstract

Vascular anomalies are disorders of the endothelium and related tissue resulting in an aberrant and hamartomatous vessel growth. They are divided into vascular tumors (including haemangioma) and vascular malformations. Additionally some vascular anomalies can be acquired such as venous lakes or varix. Different modalities to treat them are available including laser therapy, steroid therapy, embolization, β-blockers therapy, sclerosant therapy, surgery or cryosurgery. This article reports the usefulness of CO2 laser and diode laser for the treatment of vascular anomalies of the oral cavity and concluded that laser is a suitable tool for the treatment of these lesions and delivers very efficient results without significant complications such as hemorrhage, pain, infection, and significant scarring.