title: [The clinical study on the use of diode laser irradiation in the treatment of periodontal-endodontic combined lesions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the adjunctive effect of diode laser irradiation for the treatment of periodontal-endodontic combined lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 cases with periodontal-endodontic combined lesions were selected. All cases were randomly divided into experimental group and control group (n=15). In the control group, patients were treated with root canal therapy and conservative periodontal treatment (scaling and root planning), and patients in the experimental group were treated with root canal therapy and conservative periodontal treatment followed by diode laser irradiation. Clinical measurements including pocket probing depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), modified bleeding index (mBI), periapical index (PAI) were taken before treatment (baseline). Three and six months after the treatment, the adjunctive effects of diode laser in the treatment of periodontal-endodontic combined lesions were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three months after the treatment, the average PPD, CAL and mBI levels were reduced significantly in both groups. But the average PPD reduction in the experimental group was significantly greater (P<0.05) than in control group. However the average CAL and mBI reduction were not significantly different between two groups. Six months after the treatment, the average PPD, CAL and mBI levels were further reduced in the experiment group, but not in the control group. The average PAI levels were reduced significantly in both groups, but the PAI reduction was not significantly different between two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of diode laser as an adjunct procedure in the treatment of periodontal-endodontic combined lesions can aid in achieving success.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Stomatology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Yuangao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jingling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Kexian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D012534:Dental Scaling; D006801:Humans; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D017622:Periodontal Attachment Loss; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010514:Periodontal Pocket