title: Comparison of the effectiveness of the conservative treatment of the periodontal pockets with or without the use of laser biostimulation.
abstract: The use of laser therapy as the agent reinforcing conventional treatment of the periodontal diseases becomes more and more common. In the physiotherapy of the periodontal diseases the biostimulating, laser is eagerly used because of its action which accelerates the healing of wounds and also because of its antioedematous, anti-inflammatory and analgesic action. The aim of work was the evaluation of the influence of laser biostimulation on the change of the periodontological pockets depth after the routine conservative periodontological treatment with additional use of laser biostimulation and without it for two groups of pockets: above and below 5 mm. In six patients having periodontitis 613 sites were submitted to the statistic analysis (290 treated conservatively only, including 251 with the depth 2-5 mm and 39 above 5 mm as well as 323 with the use of laser therapy including 297 shallow pockets and 26 deep ones). The initial values of API, SBI, PPD and their changes in the course of the treatment were registered. During each control appointment the patients subjectively estimated periodontal pain occurrence. In both studied groups statistically essential decrease of the evaluated parameters was obtained. Reinforcing the conventional treatment with laser biostimulation shortens its duration and leads to the elimination of pain faster than with the use of conservative treatment only. The changes of the PPD index among the successive examinations were statistically essentially higher in the therapy with the use of laser, especially in relation to deep pockets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Clinic of Dental and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Skubiszewski Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiernicka
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Owczarek
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gałkowska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wysokińska-Miszczuk
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D012534:Dental Scaling; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000193:education; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000528:radiation effects