Clinical and microbiological evaluation of the effectiveness of the Nd:Yap laser for the initial treatment of adult periodontitis. A randomized controlled study

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 670-676

  Ambrosini, Pascal ^a,c   Miller, Neal ^a   Briançon, Serge ^b   Gallina, Sébastien ^a   Penaud, Jacques ^a  

^a Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriologic analysis; Laser; Periodontitis; Scaling and root planing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PEROVSKITE; YTTRIUM;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; LASER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; ROOT PLANING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 20344363142     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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