ArticleLasers in medical science2021
Comparative evaluation of improvement in periodontal and glycemic health status of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients after scaling and root planing with or without adjunctive use of diode laser.
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- Efficacy of nonsurgical periodontal treatment on patients with periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of photobiomodulation adjunct to periodontal therapy on individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus regarding periodontal clinical parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2023Pooled it
- Non-surgical periodontal therapy with and without hyaluronic acid gel in type 2 diabetic stage-II periodontitis patients: a randomized clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- Clinical and radiographic evaluation of non-surgical therapy with and without ozone gel application in controlled type 2 diabetic patients with periodontitis: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Photobiomodulation and Low-Level Laser Therapy as Complementary Strategies in Diabetes Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Causal digital twin modeling of periodontal healing: personalized prediction of low-level laser therapy benefit using a tooth-graph ODE transformer.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Article
- Laser-Assisted Periodontal Therapy versus Traditional Scaling and Root Planing: A Clinical and Microbiological Study.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Article
- Comparative evaluation of post-operative pain and tissue response in patients undergoing conventional surgical approaches with or without diode laser: A randomised clinical study.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- The Impact of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment: A Non-Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Low-level laser therapy alleviates periodontal age-related inflammation in diabetic mice via the GLUT1/mTOR pathway.Lasers in medical science · 2024Article
- Diabetes in spotlight: current knowledge and perspectives of photobiomodulation utilization.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Effects of low-level laser on the expression of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor‑α, osteoprotegerin, and receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand in human periodontal ligament cells.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2023Article
- Markers, Pathways, and Current Evidence for Periodontitis-associated Insulin Resistance: A Narrative Review.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryReview
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Abstract
backgroundPeriodontal treatment in diabetic patients reduces systemic inflammatory burden and hence should be closely coordinated with the patient's overall clinical diabetic management.
objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of diode laser (DL) (Biolase Epic MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY: After initial screening of 55 T2DM patients, a total of 44 T2DM-CP patients (between the age group of 30 and 65 years) were selected and randomly assigned into two groups. The groups were divided into control group (n=22), treated with scaling and root planing alone (SRP alone), and experimental group (n=22), treated with scaling and root planing along with laser therapy (SRP + DL). Laser irradiation was accomplished at perio pocket setting of 0.8 W (average) in a pulse interval of 1.0 ms and pulse length of 1.0 ms delivering 24 J of energy using a 300-μm fiber optic delivery system.
resultsThirty-seven out of 44 enrolled T2DM-CP patients completed the study. Both treatment modalities, i.e., SRP alone and SRP+DL resulted in mean significant (p < 0.001) improvement in periodontal health parameters (plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), probing pocket depth (PPD) and clinical attachment loss (CAL)) and glycemic level (RBS, FBS, and HbA1c) in T2DM-CP patients after 6 months, and was higher in SRP+DL group in comparison to SRP alone. Among the periodontal health parameters, the mean PPD reduction and CAL gain were 51.78% and 48.26% in control as compared to 61.56% and 62.54% in experimental group respectively, whereas the mean significant reduction in HbA1c was 13.8% in SRP alone and 22.52% in SRP+DL group after 6 months (p < 0.05).
conclusionPeriodontal treatment involving SRP+DL contributes to improved periodontal health parameters and HbA1c level in T2DM-CP patients.
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