Improved wound healing by low-level laser irradiation after gingivectomy operations: A controlled clinical pilot study

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-254

  Ozcelik, Onur ^a   Cenk Haytac, Mehmet ^a   Kunin, Anatoly ^b   Seydaoglu, Gulsah ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VORONEZH STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER N N BURDENKO   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gingivectomy; Gingivoplasty; Low level laser therapy; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVA OVERGROWTH; GINGIVECTOMY; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH; GINGIVECTOMY; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38849134204     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2007.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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