Department of Stomatology, Peking University International Hospital, Shengmingyuan road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.
Department of Stomatology, Shijiazhuang Second Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China.
Lasers Med Sci. 2022 Mar;37(2):1095-1100. doi: 10.1007/s10103-021-03357-3. Epub 2021 Jun 14.
Severe periodontitis is challenging to treat. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a combined Er:YAG laser (ERL) and Nd:YAG laser (NDL) in non-surgical treatment for severe periodontitis. One week after supragingival scaling, 32 systemically healthy patients with stage III or IV periodontitis were randomly divided into a control group (16 subjects) and a test group (16 subjects). The control group was treated by scaling and root planning (SRP) with ultrasonic equipment and manual instruments, and the test group was treated by SRP as well as ERL and NDL. Before treatment, the following clinical parameters were recorded at baseline: debris index (DI), probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), and percentage of bleeding on probing (BOP %). Two months after therapy, the clinical parameters were recorded again, and the results between the groups were compared. All clinical parameters were significantly improved in both groups after therapy. For moderately deep periodontal pockets (4 mm ≤ PD ≤ 6 mm), the gains in CAL were greater in the test group (1.17 ± 1.47 mm) than in the control group (0.46 ± 2.78 mm), while no significant difference was found for PD reductions after therapy between the two groups. For deep periodontal pockets (PD > 6 mm), the differences in all of the clinical parameters were similar between the test group and the control group. In this short-term study, ERL and NDL radiation exhibited potential advantages in improving the clinical attachment level compared to conventional SRP in the non-surgical treatment of severe periodontitis.
重度牙周炎的治疗具有挑战性。本研究旨在评估 Er:YAG 激光(ERL)和 Nd:YAG 激光(NDL)联合应用于重度牙周炎非手术治疗的疗效。在龈上洁治后 1 周,将 32 名患有 III 期或 IV 期牙周炎的系统性健康患者随机分为对照组(16 名患者)和实验组(16 名患者)。对照组采用超声设备和手动器械进行龈下刮治和根面平整(SRP)治疗,实验组则采用 SRP 联合 ERL 和 NDL 治疗。在治疗前,记录基线时的以下临床参数:牙石指数(DI)、探诊深度(PD)、临床附着水平(CAL)和探诊出血百分比(BOP%)。治疗 2 个月后,再次记录临床参数,并比较两组之间的结果。两组治疗后所有临床参数均显著改善。对于中度深牙周袋(4mm≤PD≤6mm),实验组(CAL 增加 1.17±1.47mm)比对照组(CAL 增加 0.46±2.78mm)增加更多,而两组治疗后 PD 减少无显著差异。对于深牙周袋(PD>6mm),实验组和对照组之间所有临床参数的差异相似。在这项短期研究中,与常规 SRP 相比,ERL 和 NDL 辐射在重度牙周炎的非手术治疗中改善临床附着水平方面表现出潜在优势。