title: Diode Laser in Minor Oral Surgery: A Case Series of Laser Removal of Different Benign Exophytic Lesions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The role of laser in conservative management of oral disease is well established. Laser procedures are common in the fields of oral surgery, implant dentistry, endodontic, and periodontic therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This case series describes the use of diode laser for the excision of oral exophytic lesions. All the patients attended the oral medicine department of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Criteria in patient selection were accessibility to lesions, patient fear from blade surgery, aesthetics, and probability of bleeding. An informed consent was filled by every patient. All of the lesions were completely excised under local anaesthesia by diode laser with 300 μm-fibre tip, 808 nm continuous wavelength and 3-3.5 W power for 3×60 seconds (Dr Smile, Italia). During surgery, the fibre tip was in contact with lesions. No analgesics were prescribed to the patients. The patients were followed for the first, second, and forth week after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The lesions could be excised using the diode laser. This procedure was a quick clinical technique without bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Somaye Mazarei
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sotoode
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Somayyeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azimi
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.
authors.forename: Sayed Alinaghi
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Taheri
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asnaashari
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khalighi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Somayeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rahmani
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Soudeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jafari
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Elmi Rankohi
keywords: Benign exophytic lesions; Diode laser; Oral