High-power diode laser use on Fordyce granule excision: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Fordyce granules are conventionally considered to be a developmental oral lesion with a higher incidence in men.


OBJECTIVE
To report a clinical case of surgical lip Fordyce granule excision in a 19-year-old male.


METHODS
Fordyce granules were excised using a high-power diode laser (gallium arsenide [GaAs], Diode Vision®, MDL, 10 Dental Laser Unit, GmbH, Lower Saxony, Germany) with wavelength emission at 980 ± 10 nm, in a continuous wave mode, pulse width of 0.5 μs, fiber optic delivery system of 400 μm in diameter, at 2.5 W. Subsequently, low-intensity laser therapy was applied (gallium-aluminum-arsenide [GaAlAs], at 670 nm, 50 mW, at 4 J/cm(2); Dentoflex®, São Paulo, Brazil] in order to stimulate a faster wound tissue-healing process and less postoperative pain and inflammation.


CONCLUSIONS
The excellent esthetic result demonstrated the effectiveness of both high- and low-intensity laser therapy on the excision of Fordyce granules.
Fernando M
FM
Baeder
Jose E P
JE
Pelino
Eliete R
ER
de Almeida
Danilo A
DA
Duarte
Maria T B R
MT
Santos
D006801:Humans; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D008297:Male; D012625:Sebaceous Gland Diseases / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult