Laser
Applications in Oral Surgery
Doriana AGOP-FORNA 1 , Claudiu TOPOLICEANU 1* , Norina FORNA 2
1 Lecturer, Gr.T.Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi,
Romania, Dental Medical Faculty
2 Univ.Prof, Gr.T.Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi,
Romania, Dental Medical Faculty, ASM titular, AOSR member, CID-CDF president
Corresponding author * : Topoliceanu Claudiu; e-mail
claudiu.topoliceanu@umfiasi.ro
Abstract
Oral surgery can be
assisted by surgical lasers: diode, erbium, CO2, Nd:YAG. The surgical lasers
are used in various procedures on oral soft and bone tissues: aesthetic
procedures (gingival recontouring, gingival depigmentation); operculectomy;
pro-prosthetic surgical procedures (remodeling of mucosa on edentulous sites,
dental crown lengthening, frenectomies, vestibuloplasty); excision of gingival
or mucosa hyperplasia; peri-implantitis treatment; the removal of small
exophytic lesions; the removal of oral benign lesions (ranula, mucocele,
pyogenic granuloma, fibrous hyperplasia, epulis fissuratum, hemangioma). For
optimum effects at the level of the target oral tissues, the laser energy
parameters should be set in relation to the wavelength, the type of intervention,
the nature of the inflammatory process (acutechronic), the tissue penetration
depth, tissue pigmentation, and systemic status. The oral surgical procedures
performed by surgical lasers are recommended in modern dentistry due to lower
risk of soft and hard tissues necrosis, decreased rate of complications, higher
patients compliance (decreased postoperative pain and discomfort) and the
acceleration of the healing processes
Keywords: oral surgery, lasers, incision,
ablation, biostimulation
DOI https://doi.org/10.56082/annalsarscibio.2021.2.48