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Treatment of Different Oral Soft Tissue Lesions With Surgical Neodymium: Yttrium‐Aluminum‐Garnet Laser: Case Series
Author(s) -
Gökmenoğlu Ceren,
Sadık Elif,
Yavuz Mustafa Cihan,
Çanakçı Varol,
Topaloğlu Merve,
Kara Cankat
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical advances in periodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.182
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2163-0097
pISSN - 2573-8046
DOI - 10.1902/cap.2016.150071
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , surgery , pyogenic granuloma , edema , hemostasis , lesion
Oral soft tissue lesions cause discomfort and potentially serious clinical problems. Case Series: These case reports present different gingival and/or mucosal lesions (pyogenic granuloma, verruca vulgaris, giant cell granuloma, fibroma, etc.) and the surgical treatment of these lesions with a neodymium:yttrium‐aluminum‐garnet (Nd:YAG) laser (320‐μm optic fiber; 4 W; 100 mJ, 40 Hz; emission mode, pulsed, and contact mode). Patients were evaluated after laser surgery on degree of postoperative pain; discomfort; functional complications (eating and speech); and recurrence. Results indicated that patients had minimal postoperative pain, few functional complications, and low rates of pain. Laser surgery produced minimal bleeding, damage to the surrounding tissue, and post‐surgical edema. Conclusion: In these cases, the Nd:YAG laser provided a non‐bleeding environment at the surgical area with an acceptable operating time, quick postoperative hemostasis, good patient acceptance, low rates of pain, and no post‐treatment adverse events among patients with oral soft tissue lesions.