@article{Badeia_Rajab_Hazeem_2018, title={Efficacy of Diode Laser With Different Intensities as an Adjunct to Traditional Mechanical Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis}, volume={10}, url={https://mdj.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/mdj/article/view/204}, DOI={10.32828/mdj.v10i1.204}, abstractNote={<p>The recent decades, considerable attention has focused on using of different types<br>of laser irradiation in treatment of periodontal diseases. The aim of the present study<br>was the assessment of efficacy of low-level and high-level diode laser treatment in<br>combination with scaling and root planing (SRP) in patients with chronic<br>periodontitis. The total sample of the present study consisted of twelve patients had<br>moderate to severe chronic periodontitis in at least (3) vital single-rooted teeth in<br>different quadrants of each patient.<br>These teeth of the twelve patients were allocated into three groups according to the<br>type of the received treatment (12 teeth from 12 patients for each group).<br>1- Group A (GA) treated with scaling & root planing ( SRP).<br>2- Group B (GB) (SRP + low-level laser).<br>3- Group C (GC) (SRP + high-level laser).<br>Clinical measurements were performed by a single well trained and calibrated<br>examiner, and they included, plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on<br>probing (BOP), clinical attachment level (CAL) and probing pocket depth (PPD). The<br>results of the present study were positive and predictable in both lasers irradiation<br>modes. The differences between the changes of the SRP group (GA), and two lasers<br>low and high density lasers combined with SRP groups (GB & GC) at baseline were<br>not significant. All of the clinical parameters that were investigated in this study have<br>showed a significant improvement at 6 months from the baseline for the three groups<br>of the study. These findings reported that low & high-level diode laser can have a<br>beneficial effect in treatment of chronic periodontitis in combination with traditional<br>mechanical treatment</p>}, number={1}, journal={Mustansiria Dental Journal}, author={Badeia, Dr. Raed Aziz and Rajab, Dr. Muthenna Shaban and Hazeem, Dr. Muhamed Ibrahem}, year={2018}, month={Feb.}, pages={137–146} }