Abstract

LASER IN DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY

Nishant Jaiswal, Geetanshu Gandhi, Varun Kumar, Abhigyan Kumar, Himanshu Thukral*, Megha Mittal and Anant Sharma

ABSTRACT

Dental implants have revolutionized the field of dentistry over several decades and are proven to be a legitimate treatment option. As practice of dental implants became more common worldwide, the means of its improvement should be taken into consideration. Lasers can be particularly useful for elivering and supporting the dental implant treatment. Dental lasers have numerous applications in the field of dentistry, and this parallel expansion of laser dentistry and implant dentistry is quite discernible. Advent of different laser systems has a considerable spectrum of application in soft and hard tissues. Innumerable applications of dental lasers have been proposed for clinical use ranging from pre-surgical preparation, placement, second stage recovery, and gingival management, through the treatment of peri-implantitis. Along with these, there lie other benefits such as ablation of target tissues and ability to reduce bacterial contamination. Various wavelengths of dental lasers discovered so far, not all of them are of use in implantology. A laser works primarily through stimulated emission. The light reaches biological tissues and get reflected, absorbed, or scattered in surrounding tissues. Lasers primarily used in the field of implant dentistry are solid state lasers Nd:YAG, Nd:YAP, Er:YAG, Er,Cr:YSGG, semiconductor diode lasers, and gas lasers such as arbon dioxide lasers. Some of these are used for softtissue applications having excellent coagulative properties and some works for hard-tissue application described below in this review. When compared to traditional methods, lasers are gentle, less invasive, and less painful. Various studies have documented the capacity of laser wavelength and laser parameters used in implantology. In addition, laser characteristics are important because of the different reactions, they can produce on implant surfaces. Therefore, proper knowledge of properties of lasers and its mode of action are also important for its advantageous use. The aim of this article is to debrief the application of lasers in implant dentistry in a comprehensive manner.

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