Use of CO2 laser in pit and fissure caries prevention: clinical evaluation

Aldo Brugnera Jr.; Naomi Rosso; Danilo Duarte; Antonio Carlos Guedes Pinto; Walter J. Genovese

doi:10.1117/12.273579

15 May 1997 Use of CO₂ laser in pit and fissure caries prevention: clinical evaluation

Aldo Brugnera Jr., Naomi Rosso, Danilo Duarte, Antonio Carlos Guedes Pinto, Walter J. Genovese

Proceedings Volume 2973, Lasers in Dentistry III; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273579
Event: BiOS '97, Part of Photonics West, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this four-year follow up in vivo controlled study, 112 human permanent first molars, from children between the ages of 6 and 11 years old were used to investigate the viability of the CO₂ laser in promoting carie-free occlusal surfaces in permanent molars, as an isolated form of treatment or associated with conventional fissure sealants. The findings suggest that occlusal caries prevention only by means of CO₂ laser irradiation is not effective; that the utilization of photo-activated sealants, as well as its association with CO₂ laser, applied over the occlusal fissures, are effective means of preventing occlusal caries and that the application of CO₂ laser over occlusal fissures, prior to the application of a photo-activated fissure sealant, improves the retention of the sealant.

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Aldo Brugnera Jr., Naomi Rosso, Danilo Duarte, Antonio Carlos Guedes Pinto, and Walter J. Genovese "Use of CO₂ laser in pit and fissure caries prevention: clinical evaluation", Proc. SPIE 2973, Lasers in Dentistry III, (15 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273579

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