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Low-Level Laser Therapy in Periodontics:A Review Article


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1 Department of Periodontology, K.S.R. Institute of Dental Science and Research, Tiruchengode – 637215, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is a light source treatment that generates light of a single wavelength. The low-level lasers do not cause temperature elevation within the tissue, but rather produce their effects from photobiostimulation effect within the tissues. Low-level lasers do not cut or ablate the tissue. The therapy performed with Low-Level Lasers is called as LLLT. LLLT devices include the gallium arsenide, gallium aluminum arsenide infrared semiconductor (galliumaluminum-arsenide), and helium-neon lasers. The output powers range from 50 to 500 mW with wavelengths in the red and near infrared of the electromagnetic spectrum, from 630 to 980 nm with pulsed or continuous-wave emission.

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Lasers, Low-Level Laser Therapy, Periodontal Disease, Therapeutic Lasers.
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Authors

Brindha
Department of Periodontology, K.S.R. Institute of Dental Science and Research, Tiruchengode – 637215, Tamil Nadu, India
Renuka Devi
Department of Periodontology, K.S.R. Institute of Dental Science and Research, Tiruchengode – 637215, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is a light source treatment that generates light of a single wavelength. The low-level lasers do not cause temperature elevation within the tissue, but rather produce their effects from photobiostimulation effect within the tissues. Low-level lasers do not cut or ablate the tissue. The therapy performed with Low-Level Lasers is called as LLLT. LLLT devices include the gallium arsenide, gallium aluminum arsenide infrared semiconductor (galliumaluminum-arsenide), and helium-neon lasers. The output powers range from 50 to 500 mW with wavelengths in the red and near infrared of the electromagnetic spectrum, from 630 to 980 nm with pulsed or continuous-wave emission.

Keywords


Lasers, Low-Level Laser Therapy, Periodontal Disease, Therapeutic Lasers.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jade%2F2018%2F22998