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Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser

Treatment modalities like electrosurgery and lasers have emerged as effective painless alternatives to scalpel methods for a frenectomy. The present case series involves ten patients, diagnosed with abnormal frenal attachments. Frenectomy was performed by 980 nm diode laser and scalpel methods. Scal...

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Autores principales: Lanka, Jaahnavi, Gopalkrishna, Pratibha, Kumar, Santhosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36643590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/7258637
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description Treatment modalities like electrosurgery and lasers have emerged as effective painless alternatives to scalpel methods for a frenectomy. The present case series involves ten patients, diagnosed with abnormal frenal attachments. Frenectomy was performed by 980 nm diode laser and scalpel methods. Scalpel frenectomy was performed as described by Archer and Kruger. Laser-assisted frenectomy was performed by a hemostat-guided incision using a 980 nm diode laser tip in a paintbrush motion. It was observed that Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain scores in patients who underwent scalpel frenectomy were comparatively higher than the laser-treated patients. In contrast, wound healing scores were higher in the scalpel group, suggesting early wound healing in the scalpel-treated patients.
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spelling pubmed-98339002023-01-12 Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser Lanka, Jaahnavi Gopalkrishna, Pratibha Kumar, Santhosh Case Rep Dent Case Series Treatment modalities like electrosurgery and lasers have emerged as effective painless alternatives to scalpel methods for a frenectomy. The present case series involves ten patients, diagnosed with abnormal frenal attachments. Frenectomy was performed by 980 nm diode laser and scalpel methods. Scalpel frenectomy was performed as described by Archer and Kruger. Laser-assisted frenectomy was performed by a hemostat-guided incision using a 980 nm diode laser tip in a paintbrush motion. It was observed that Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain scores in patients who underwent scalpel frenectomy were comparatively higher than the laser-treated patients. In contrast, wound healing scores were higher in the scalpel group, suggesting early wound healing in the scalpel-treated patients. Hindawi 2023-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9833900/ /pubmed/36643590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/7258637 Text en Copyright © 2023 Jaahnavi Lanka et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser
title Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser
title_full Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser
title_fullStr Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser
title_full_unstemmed Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser
title_short Management of Aberrant Frenal Attachments in Adults by Scalpel Method and 980 nm Diode Laser
title_sort management of aberrant frenal attachments in adults by scalpel method and 980 nm diode laser
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833900/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/7258637
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