Er:YAG laser in the treatment of periodontal sites with recurring chronic inflammation: A 12-month randomized, controlled clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 745-752

  Krohn Dale, Ivar ^a   Bøe, Olav E ^a   Enersen, Morten ^b   Leknes, Knut N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

chronic periodontitis; clinical trial; Er:YAG laser; maintenance; periodontal pathogens; planing; scaling; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PIEZOSURGERY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; SOLID STATE LASER; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL DEBRIDEMENT; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PIEZOSURGERY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMOKING; SUBGINGIVAL CURETTAGE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 84863781473     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2012.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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