雷射在非手術牙周治療的發展

Lasers in non-surgical Periodontal Therapy

葉惠津(Hwey-Chin Yeh)

《中華民國牙周病醫學會雜誌》 11卷1期 (2006/03) Pp. 97-105

摘要

雷射的發展為醫界帶來不同於傳統術式的新觀念。過去二、三十年來將雷射應用在眼科、皮膚科以及外科手術的經驗，顯示雷射手術施行精確、減少麻醉用量、縮減傷口疤痕、同時有止血性與滅菌性佳等等優點，使得雷射技術在二十一世紀持續蓬勃發展。然而，並非所有的雷射皆提供相同的功能性優點，審慎評估每一種雷射的特性，以適於每一種手術獨特的功能需求，才能妥善運用雷射治療。雷射在非手術牙周治療的應用尚屬萌芽階段，本文介紹現今牙醫界已開發之各種雷射的特性，並回顧近十年來硬組織雷射在牙周治療的相關文獻，期望未來有更多的學者參與研究，以提供更完整的醫學證據為臨床工作之依據。

關鍵字

雷射 ； 牙周非手術治療

並列摘要

The evolution and growth of the use of lasers in medicine during the last two decades occurs initially within the disciplines of ophthalmology, dermatology, and general surgery. The advantages of lasers, such as accuracy, reduction of anesthesia, minimized scars, haemostatic effect and bactericidal effect, soon evoke the acceptance of lasers as alternatives to traditional methods in medicine. It also became one of the events that created a great interest in the last decade in the role of lasers in dentistry. The application of lasers on different therapies demands a fully understanding of the characteristics of each specific laser. This paper reviews the development of lasers in dentistry and current literatures regarding hard tissue lasers in non-surgical periodontal therapy. An encouragement of further animal or clinical longitudinal studies is awaken to achieve the requirement of sufficient evidences as the base of scientific dentistry.

並列關鍵字

Lasers/therapeutic use ； Non-surgical periodontal therapy