Evaluation of patient perceptions after frenectomy operations: A comparison of carbon dioxide laser and scalpel techniques

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1815-1819

  Cenk Haytac, M ^a   Ozcelik, Onur ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lasers; Pain; Periodontal diseases surgery; Postoperative complications; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG USE; EATING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRENECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH DISCOMFORT; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABIAL FRENUM; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MASTICATION; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPEECH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33751281380     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.060043     Document Type: Article

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