Patient perceptions and clinical efficacy of labial frenectomies using diode laser versus conventional techniques

URAZ, AHU; ÇETİNER, FİTNAT; CULA, SERPİL; GÜLER, BERCESTE; ÖZTOPRAK, SENİHA

doi:10.1016/j.jormas.2018.01.004

Patient perceptions and clinical efficacy of labial frenectomies using diode laser versus conventional techniques

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URAZ A., ÇETİNER F. D., CULA S., GÜLER B., ÖZTOPRAK S.

JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, vol.119, no.3, pp.182-186, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 119 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2018
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jormas.2018.01.004
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.182-186
Keywords: Diode lasers, Surgery, Frenectomy, Postoperative complications, Oral soft tissue, ND-YAG, TISSUE, SURGERY
Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of present study was to compare the keratinized gingival tissue measurements, degree of subjective complaints and functional complications of using an 980 nm diode laser versus a scalpel for labial frenectomies.