Laser therapy for severe gum disease may help regenerate the diseased tissue that normally sets the teeth, a small study suggests. The researchers found that in six patients who had a tooth treated with a laser and another through the traditional media, the laser-treated tooth showed evidence of new connective tissue growing within the gums around the teeth. The findings add to evidence that the laser-assisted therapy is a feasible alternative to the traditional treatment of severe gum disease, according to the researchers, the main Dott. Raymond A. Yank School of the University by odontoiatria State of Louisiana in New Orleans. The study was set up a fund for the technologies of Millennium Dental, which makes lasers used in the study, the company also has a patent on that type of therapy, the researchers followed - known as the new laser-assisted link , Or LANAP. The study included six patients with moderate to severe periodontitis, an infection of the gums that causes the tires to pull from the teeth and form "the infected pockets." Over time, bones and tissue supporting teeth connective can take away and cause tooth loss. The dentists often treat periodontitis with a technique known as root planning and representation in scale, in which the bacteria-harboring tartar is removed from the teeth above and below the gums and the points of maximum on the roots of the teeth are moving peeled down to remove the bacteria that live there. In some cases, turn to surgery, which involves lifting back the gums to remove tartar, then suturing the gums back into place so that the fabric is still fit closely against your teeth. The laser surgery in recent years has been considered possible alternative to traditional surgery, the method of LANAP was approved by the monitoring body of food and medicines in the United States in 2004. The laser works by the bacteria of diseased tissue and killing of clearing the first between the teeth and gums, and tartar is removed with an ultrasound tool. The laser is then passed through the pockets still sick to encourage the coagulation of soul, which helps seal the gum tissue of the teeth. For their study, published in the journal International Periodontics & by odontoiatria restaurateur, Yank team has treated every patient with two methods. One affected tooth was treated only with the traditional root planning and representation in scale and a second was treated with LANAP. Three months later, all laser-treated teeth indicated evidence of new connective tissue and regeneration of tissue covering the tooth root. The traditionally treated teeth, by comparison, have not done so. Since LANAP is a specific treatment, the results can not belong all of laser therapy for gum disease, according to Yank and his colleagues. Laser treatment that does not follow all the points could not bring the same results, write.
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