title: Treatment of mucocele of the lower lip with diode laser in pediatric patients: presentation of 2 clinical cases.
abstract: Mucoceles are common benign lesions of the oral cavity that develop following extravasation or retention of mucous material from salivary glands in the subepithelial tissue. Most dental literature reports a higher incidence of mucocele in young patients, with trauma being a leading cause. Treatment may be performed by conventional surgery, cryotherapy, and, more recently, laser surgery and loser vaporization. The purpose of this report was to describe 2 clinical cases of lower-lip mucoceles treated by excision with a high-intensity diode laser in pediatric patients. Diode laser surgery was rapid, bloodless, and well accepted by patients. Postoperative problems, discomfort, and scarring were minimal. Treatment of mucoceles with high-intensity diode loser provided satisfactory results in the cases presented and allowed for a histopathological examination of the excised tissue.
authors.affiliation: Brazilian Air Force-Hospital de Aeronáutica de São Paulo (HASP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Irineu Gregnanin
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Pedron
authors.forename: Vivian Cunha
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Galletta
authors.forename: Luciane Hiramatsu
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corrêa
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome