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- Title
A Comparative Study on the Effect of Peri-Implant Infection Management Lasers (1064-nm Q-Switch Nd:YAG, 1064-nm Nd:YAG and 980-nm Diode) on Titanium Grade 4 Surface.
- Authors
Pasquale, Claudio; De Angelis, Nicola; Dellacasa, Elena; Raiteri, Roberto; Barberis, Fabrizio; Lagazzo, Alberto; Benedicenti, Stefano; Amaroli, Andrea
- Abstract
Featured Application: This study provides information about the effects of laser irradiation provided against peri-implant infection on titanium and supports the best choice of having lesser titanium implant damage. Over the past 10 years, the number of dental implants has grown significantly. This increase has consequently led to an elevation of the statistics related to cases of peri-implantitis. Laser therapy has conquered a place among the therapies of excellence to treat peri-implantitis. However, the laser device used could influence the therapy's success. The aim of this comparative experimental work was to highlight the differences in the work on grade 4 titanium surfaces of the most commonly used laser lights in this field, taking into consideration any structural damage that lasers could cause to implant surfaces. The lasers examined were a 980 nm diode laser; a 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser; and a new generation of 1064 nm Nd:YAG Q-switch nano pulsed laser. We evaluated the titanium temperature increase, the pre- and post-treatment two-dimensional surface appearance observed under the scanning electron microscope; finally, the three-dimensional pre- and post-treatment topographic analysis was assessed using atomic force microscopy. We showed that the 1064-nm Q-switch Nd:YAG nanosecond pulsed laser appears to be more suitable for the preservation of implant morphology because of the absence of the induction of metal damage.
- Subjects
SEMICONDUCTOR lasers; ND-YAG lasers; TITANIUM; PULSED lasers; LASERS; DIODES; ATOMIC force microscopy
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 1, p125
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app13010125