Therapeutic ratio quantifies laser antisepsis: ablation of Porphyromonas gingivalis with dental lasers.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:It is established that both pulsed Nd:YAG (1,064 nm) and continuous diode (810 nm) dental lasers kill pathogenic bacteria (laser antisepsis), but a quantitative method for determining clinical dosimetry does not exist. The purpose of this study was to develop a method to quantify the efficacy of ablation of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) in vitro for two different lasers. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:The ablation thresholds for the two lasers were compared in the following manner. The energy density was measured as a function of distance from the output of the fiber-optic delivery system. Pg cultures were grown on blood agar plates under standard anaerobic conditions. Blood agar provides an approximation of gingival tissue for the wavelengths tested in having hemoglobin as a primary absorber. Single pulses of laser energy were delivered to Pg colonies and the energy density was increased until the appearance of a small plume was observed coincident with a laser pulse. The energy density at this point defines the ablation threshold. Ablation thresholds to a single pulse were determined for both Pg and for blood agar alone. RESULTS:The large difference in ablation thresholds between the pigmented pathogen and the host matrix for pulsed-Nd:YAG represented a significant therapeutic ratio and Pg was ablated without visible effect on the blood agar. Near threshold the 810-nm diode laser destroyed both the pathogen and the gel. CONCLUSIONS:Clinically, the pulsed Nd:YAG may selectively destroy pigmented pathogens leaving the surrounding tissue intact. The 810-nm diode laser may not demonstrate this selectivity due to its greater absorption by hemoglobin and/or longer pulse duration.

journal_name

Lasers Surg Med

authors

Harris DM,Yessik M

doi

10.1002/lsm.20086

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-01-01 00:00:00

pages

206-13

issue

3

eissn

0196-8092

issn

1096-9101

journal_volume

35

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