Open AccessA comparative scanning electron microscopy study between hand instrument, ultrasonic scaling and erbium doped:Yttirum aluminum garnet laser on root surface: A morphological and thermal analysis
Author(s) -
Mitul Kumar Mishra,
Shobha Prakash
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.114881
Subject(s) - ultrasonic sensor , laser , materials science , scaling and root planing , scaling , scanning electron microscope , tooth surface , dentistry , smear layer , er:yag laser , surface roughness , biomedical engineering , medicine , optics , composite material , mathematics , geometry , chronic periodontitis , physics , periodontitis , radiology
Scaling and root planing is one of the most commonly used procedures for the treatment of periodontal diseases. Removal of calculus using conventional hand instruments is incomplete and rather time consuming. In search of more efficient and less difficult instrumentation, investigators have proposed lasers as an alternative or as adjuncts to scaling and root planing. Hence, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of erbium doped: Yttirum aluminum garnet (Er:YAG) laser scaling and root planing alone or as an adjunct to hand and ultrasonic instrumentation.