Significance of scaling and root planing with and without adjunctive use of a water-cooled pulsed Nd:YAG laser for the treatment of periodontal inflammation

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 797-800

  Qadri, Talat ^a   Tunér, Jan ^b   Gustafsson, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Private Dental Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Laser; Neodymium doped yttrium aluminum garnet; Periodontal inflammation

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SOLID STATE LASER; THERAPEUTIC USE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; GINGIVAL CREVICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROOT PLANING; WATER;

EID: 84883723006     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1432-0     Document Type: Article

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