Periodontal pocket treatment with diode laser 940 nm

Abstract

Introduction: Many adjunctive treatment have been introduced to enhance the therapeutic outcome of periodontal treatment. Diode laser 940 nm has the potential to act as antibacterial and enhances wound healing. Material and methods: 114 periodontal pockets of 5 chronic periodontitis patients having 3 mm≤IPD≤8 mm, who had been treated in the private clinic, Baghdad, Iraq were subjected to the current study. The treatment was done by using 940 nm wavelength diode lasers for three months with twice weekly recall. Results: There was a highly significant improvement in the pocket depth at the end of the 12th week in which the depth of patient’s pockets was reduced to half their depth at the initial visit that run in parrelel with a significant increase in the lenghths of the alveolar bone that measured by OPG after six weeks of treatment which persist to increase significantly till the 12th week of treatment which is accompanied by bone biostimulation that improved after the exposure to the diode laser. Conclusion: diode laser 940nm can be considered as a promising periodontitis treatment as it causes a rapid reduction in probing depth with an increase in the bone bio-stimulation when it used in an appropriate protocol.