title: Is the 810-nm diode laser the best choice in oral soft tissue therapy?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the safety and efficacy of an 810-nm diode laser for treatment of benign oral soft tissue lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Treatment with the 810-nm diode laser was applied to a group of eighteen patients with pathological frenulum and epulis fissuratum; five patients with oral lichen planus, oral leukoplakia, and mucous membrane pemphigoid; and four patients with pyogenic granuloma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although the conventional surgery wound heals in a fairly short time, in the present study, the simple oral soft tissue lesions healed within two weeks, the white and vesiculobullous lesions healed completely within six weeks, and the pyogenic granuloma lesions healed within four weeks. Any complication was treated by using the 810-nm diode laser.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patient acceptance and satisfaction, without compromising health and function, have been found to be of a high degree in this present study. Thus, we can say that the use of the 810-nm diode laser may indeed be the best choice in oral soft tissue surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gaziosmanpasa, Tokat, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkiye.
authors.forename: E Sebnem
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kursun
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkiye.
authors.forename: M Kemal
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Tumer
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Kivanc
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamburoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gulsen
keywords: Diode laser; oral soft tissue lesions; oral surgery; white lesions