Prevention of Bone Resorption Around Dental Implants by Soft Laser

This aim of this research is to evaluate the effects of bio-stimulation soft laser on the bone surrounding implants applied in the lower jaw (posterior area).

Method:

30 BioHorizons Internal implants were applied to 10 patients (6 males and 4 females). Ages ranged between 45 - 55 years (49.5 ± 3 males, 50.5 ± 3 females). The sample had been divided in two groups; laser treatment group (15 Implants applied in 10 patients) and the control group (15 Implants in 10 patients)

Bone resorption was assessed by peri-apical radiographs taken right after the surgery and at 3, 6 and 9 months after implant positioning. Radio images were processed by Sopro^® imaging program in order to accurately measure the amount of bone resorption. The landmark for each implant was the mean of the distance distance from the edge of implant´s cervical to the edge of the alveolar bone around implant.

 (SPSS version 17) was used to perform statistical analysis demonstrating the relationship between GaAlAs laser and bone resorption.

Result: Results show that mean of bone resorption in the 15 implant laser group increased from 0.4mm at the baseline to 1.707mm after 9 months. While the mean of bone resorption in the 15 implant control group increased from 0.5 mm at the baseline to 2.1 mm after 9 months.  

Conclusion:

The bone resorption is considerably reduced after laser application P< 0.05.