13th World Congress for Laser Dentistry

26-28, April 2012

Barcelona, Spain

Meeting Abstract

Sponsors: World Federation for Laser Dentistry

- Oral Presentation 76

TITLE: Looking for a Guideline in Non-Surgical Therapy of the Periodontal Disease assisted laser: A Review..

AUTHORS: Pérez MJ, Aguiló L, Bisheimer M, Sáez I.

MLO University of Barcelona

SOURCE: Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2012 May 1;17(Supplement1):S76.

* doi:10.4317/medoral.17643575

http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/medoral.17643575

Abstract

The purpose of this research is a blibliographic review to be able to establish a working protocol in non-surgical laser assisted treatment in periodontal disease.

Bibliographical review in paper and digital format during the last decade; a comprehensive computer-based search combining the same key words in several databases. The descriptors used were laser, periodontal disease, non surgical periodontal treatment and treatment protocol. When we introduced treatment protocol we didn' t find any result. The first search included laser and periodontal disease, the second search non surgical treatment and laser. We applied some limits: review, text in English, published in the last 10 years, and all the reviewed researches were full text; The duplicate papers were excluded.

In none of the reviewed papers the aim was to establish a guideline or protocol, the parameters employed in the several studies by the differents researches groups still don' t follow a consensual. There are different methods, different wavelengts, but laser theraphy need to stablish guidelines for standarizing the work in the clinical laser comunity.

Conclusion: We have noticed there is a great necessity to do protocolized clinical studies to established a working guideline.

The CO₂ laser is not suitable for nonsurgical pocket applications; the Nd:YAG and diode has been recommended for bacteria elimination in combination with mechanical instrumentation. Erbium lasers could be more apropiatte for surgical pocket.