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Utilization of Dental Laser as an Adjunct for Periodontal Surgery

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While presenting with numerous indications, the long-term effectiveness of lasers has been repeatedly questioned. As such, laser usage for periodontal applications remains a topic of controversy. These devices can successfully replace and/or serve as an adjunct to conventional instruments in a variety of procedures providing also with certain advantages such as hemostatic and antibacterial effects. This chapter aimed at summarizing the characteristics and current available applications of lasers for periodontal surgical procedures.

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  1. Private practice, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Fernando Suárez López del Amo

  2. Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Pimchanok Sutthiboonyapan

  3. Graduate Periodontics, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Hom-Lay Wang

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  1. Hightech Research Center of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, Allschwil, Switzerland

    Stefan Stübinger

  2. Institute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Florian Klämpfl

  3. Institute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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Suárez López del Amo, F., Sutthiboonyapan, P., Wang, HL. (2020). Utilization of Dental Laser as an Adjunct for Periodontal Surgery. In: Stübinger, S., Klämpfl, F., Schmidt, M., Zeilhofer, HF. (eds) Lasers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29604-9_10

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