title: A New Approach for the Treatment of Lateral Periodontal Cysts with an 810-nm Diode Laser.
abstract: The aim of this study was to test whether the combination of diode laser therapy and surgical treatment for a lateral periodontal cyst (LPC) would result in greater clinical improvement compared with surgery alone. A total of 18 patients with LPCs were assessed for eligibility for this study. At baseline, each patient was randomly allocated to one of two regimens: diode laser plus surgery (test group) or traditional surgical treatment alone (control group). Healing parameters were assessed at 7 to 21 days to monitor short-term complications, and periodontal parameters were assessed at 3, 6, and 12 months to evaluate long-term healing. The test group demonstrated highly significant differences in both the short-term and long-term parameters compared with the control group. This study showed that diode laser treatment results in a shorter wound-healing period and could be considered valuable for the surgical treatment of LPCs.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Isola
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matarese
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lo Giudice
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Briguglio
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alibrandi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crupi
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cordasco
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ramaglia
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010509:Periodontal Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing