ReviewJournal of clinical and experimental dentistry2020
The diode laser as coadyuvant therapy in the non-surgical conventional treatment of peri-implant mucositis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Diode Laser as an Adjunctive Treatment for Peri-implant Mucositis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International dental journal · 2022Pooled it
- The effectiveness of adjunctive measures in managing peri-implant mucositis: an umbrella review.International journal of implant dentistry · 2022Pooled it
- Assessment of titanium release following non-surgical peri-implantitis treatment: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of periodontology · 2023Trial
- Microbiological Effects of Laser-Assisted Non-Surgical Treatment of Peri-Implantitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Comparison of Photothermal and Photodynamic Diode Laser Therapy in Patients with Peri-implant Mucositis: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2023Review
- Levels of SERPIN family proteins in peri-implant crevicular fluid in patients with peri-implantitis.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe present study systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCT) to investigate the effect of diode laser therapy in the management of peri-implant mucositis. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe electronic databases were searched until January 2020. Outcome measures were bleeding on probing (BOP), plaque index (PI) and probing depth (PD). The addressed PICO question was: Is the diode laser therapy effective reducing the signs of inflammation as an adjunctive element in the non-surgical treatment of peri-implant mucositis?.
resultsEight randomized clinical trials (RCTs) were included in the systematic review for qualitative synthesis and three in the meta-analysis for quantitative synthesis. All studies included in the quantitative synthesis have low risk of bias according to the Cochrane collaborations' tool. Diode laser as coadyuvant therapy significantly reduced plaque index (SMD: -1.24; -0.47/-1.53) but not in bleeding on probing (SMD: -0.84; -0.31/-1.53) or probing pocket depth (SMD: -1.36; -0.28/-1.69). Non-statistically significant reductions in peri-implant bleeding on probing and in probing pocket depth were also observed in the test groups of most studies included in the meta-analysis.
conclusionsThe results should be interpreted cautiously due to the great heterogeneity in the methodology of the studies included in the systematic review. However the meta-analysis suggests that the use of diode lasers, as an adjunct in conventional non-surgical treatment of peri-implant mucositis, is promising in reducing the clinical signs of peri-implant mucositis, especially reducing the perii-implant plaque index.
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