Adjunctive laser or antimicrobial photodynamic therapy to non-surgical mechanical instrumentation in patients with untreated periodontitis. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Available evidence on adjunctive therapy with lasers and aPDT is limited by (i) the low number of controlled studies and (ii) the heterogeneity of study designs. Patient-reported benefits remain to be demonstrated.
PMID: 31859395 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology - December 19, 2019 Category: Dentistry Authors: Salvi GE, Stähli A, Schmidt JC, Ramseier CA, Sculean A, Walter C Tags: J Clin Periodontol Source Type: research