Heat Generation by Diode Laser (1064-nm) on Dental Implants. (An in vitro study)
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess temperature changes of dental implant body when using different wattage of diode laser (Fox laser 1064-nm) and set a proposed power setting that has no detrimental effect on adjacent bone. Materials and Methods: Seventy-five Titanium implants with healing s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Arabic |
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University of Mosul, College of Dentistry
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Al-Rafidain Dental Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://rden.mosuljournals.com/pdf_169318_57eabb4adbcf3ddaab6d0fff60737e63.html |
| Summary: | Aims: The aim of this study was to assess temperature changes of dental implant body when using different wattage of diode laser (Fox laser 1064-nm) and set a proposed power setting that has no detrimental effect on adjacent bone. Materials and Methods: Seventy-five Titanium implants with healing screws were used in this study. Thermocouple technology was used to measure the temperature level generated in the dental im-plant body when being exposed to laser. The implants were fixed in an acrylic mandible model and then placed in a controlled water bath at 37 °C. Time to reach a temperature degree of 47 °C were recorded after each wattage as well as the dropping time of temperature to reach a degree of 37° C was recorded. Results: The decrease in time needed to reach 47 °C was directly related to an increase in wattage and as such the time is inversely related to wattage. All the recording time measures dropped to 37 °C with no significant differences. Conclusion: It can be concluded that using diode laser in at 6 wattages with pulsed wave settings produced high temperature with minimum time compared when using 2 wattage settings which needed more time to produce the same heat |
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| ISSN: | 1812-1217 1998-0345 |