Lasers Med Sci DOI 10.1007/s10103-014-1588-2

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The effect of low-level laser therapy (810 nm) on root development of immature permanent teeth in dogs Reza Fekrazad & Bahman Seraj & Sara Ghadimi & Parvin Tamiz & Pouriya Mottahary & Mohammad-Mehdi Dehghan

Received: 20 December 2013 / Accepted: 24 April 2014 # Springer-Verlag London 2014

Abstract Traumatic injuries and dental caries can be a big challenge to immature teeth. In these cases, the main purpose of treatment is to maintain the pulp vitality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of low-level laser therapy on accelerating the rate of dentinogenesis in pulpotomy of immature permanent teeth (apexogenesis). Three dogs, 4–6 months old, were used in this study. One jaw in each dog was randomly assigned to laser irradiation group. All selected teeth were pulpotomized with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and restored with amalgam. In the laser group, the Ga-Al-As laser (810 nm, 0.3 W, 4 J/cm2, 9 s) was used on buccal and lingual gingiva of each tooth in 48 h intervals for 2 weeks. In order to observe the newly formed dentine, tetracycline was injected on the 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 14th day after the operation. Then, ground sections of teeth were observed under a fluorescence microscope. The data was analyzed with Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) test. The mean distance between the lines of tetracycline formed on the 1st and 14th day was significantly higher in the laser group R. Fekrazad Laser Research Center in Medical Sciences, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran B. Seraj Dental Research Center, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran S. Ghadimi (*) Laser Research Center of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran e-mail: [email protected] M.

The effect of low-level laser therapy (810 nm) on root development of immature permanent teeth in dogs.

Traumatic injuries and dental caries can be a big challenge to immature teeth. In these cases, the main purpose of treatment is to maintain the pulp v...
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