ADVANTAGES OF LASER USAGE IN DENTAL IMPLANOLOGY

Abstract

Implants have become an extremely successful therapeutic choice for the replacement of lost teeth. As dental implants become more common in the world, the question arises as to how to improve dental implantation treatment. Dental lasers have a lot of benefits in improving treatment, both in the surgical and the post-surgical and prosthetic phase in dental implantology. Lasers can be especially useful in dealing with complications from implant therapy and treatment of inflammatory changed peri-implant tissue. The advantages of using lasers in dental implantology are the same as for any other soft tissue dental procedure. The main aim of this research was to describe all advantages of the lasers that are used in dental implantology. We have made adequate literature research on Pub Med for articles relevant to our topic- lasers in dental implantology of articles published in the last two decades (2001-2021), and the type of articles were Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Review, Comparative study and English was chosen as the language and humans as the species. Kew words used for the research were: dental lasers, laser, dental implantology, advantages, benefits and their combination. Laser interventions provide numerous benefits to patients such as: reduction of post-operative complications, shortening of the post-operative time, less trauma during the intervention and in most cases there is no need for anesthetic agents’ usage. Laser usage allows therapists better visualization of the surgical field by reducing bleeding, and often reducing the duration of a given procedure. By creating sterile conditions during and after surgery, complications and infections are significantly reduced. Another advantage of lasers is their use in patients on anticoagulant therapy using drugs such as aspirin and anticoagulants. Once access is made through the soft tissue, most common lasers used for hard tissues as alveolar bone are Erbium family lasers. An Erbium laser can remove bone tissue and start an osteotomy. But, laser technology has not yet reached the level when the entire osteotomy would be completed just with Erbium lasers. However, laser manufacturers are doing research to replace rotating instruments with erbium laser to fully perform the osteotomy. When the doctor needs to discover integrated implants, after the healing process is complete, sometimes the body of the implant is covered not only with soft tissue but also with newly formed bone of 2-3 mm thickness. After radiographic location of the implant, the soft tissue must be removed, very easy with laser usage. But like everything in life, the laser has certain disadvantages. Thus, laser devices and their consumables such as fiber optic cable are quite expensive, which is why the cost of such interventions is high.  Working with lasers requires additional training. The use of lasers is also associated with the use of additional protective equipment, such as adequate glasses, the possession of which is inevitable. As a conclusion, it must be noted that numerous advantages of using laser light can hardly be ignored, such as precision, ease of use and greater success in therapy than conventional therapeutic procedures. However, full knowledge of this therapeutic tool is imperative to avoid the side effects and get the full benefits that are desired. Laser interventions provide numerous benefits for patients such as: reduction of post-operative complications, shortening of the post-operative course, less trauma during the intervention and in most cases no use of anesthetic agents.