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Volume 37 , Issue 3
May/June 2017
Pages 387–392

Various Tip Applications and Temperature Changes of Er,Cr:YSGG-Laser Irradiated Implants In Vitro

Georgios E. Romanos, DDS, PhD, Prof Dr Med Dent/Nicholas J. Montanaro, BS/Danielle Sacks, BA/Robert J. Miller, DDS/Fawad Javed, BDS, PhD/Jose Luis Calvo-Guirado, DDS, MS, PhD/Rafael A. Delgado-Ruiz, DDS, MSc, PhD

PMID: 28402350
DOI: 10.11607/prd.3258

The impact of the laser tip on implant temperature when irradiating implants with lasers to treat peri-implantitis has received little attention. The present study was designed to assess the influence of two laser tips (sapphire chisel [MC3] and radial firing perio [RFP]) on temperature change of an implant irradiated with an Er,Cr:YSGG laser in vitro under various operational conditions. The results suggest that Er,Cr:YSGG irradiation using either tip with supplemental cooling can be a thermally safe approach to implant decontamination. However, use of the RFP tip consistently resulted in a greater temperature rise. The MC3 tip thus may be preferable to the RFP tip for open-flap implant debridement.

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