13th World Congress for Laser Dentistry
26-28, April 2012
Barcelona, Spain
Meeting Abstract
Sponsors: World Federation for Laser Dentistry
- Poster 15
TITLE: Dioxide carbon laser assisted-treatment of oral
leukoplakia - Report of ten cases.
AUTHORS: Monteiro LS, Barberi C, Martins MA, Meleti M, Vescovi P.
Universitą degli studi di Parma, Italy; Oral medicine and oral surgery
department, Instituto Superior de Ciźncias
da Saśde Norte, Portugal
SOURCE: Med
Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal.
2012 May 1;17(Supplement1):S163.
* doi:10.4317/medoral.17643663
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/medoral.17643663
Abstract
Introdution: Leukoplakia is defined as a white plaque of
a questionable risk having excluded known diseases or disorders that carry no
increased risk for cancer. Laser therapy has been a favoured
treatment regime for oral leukoplakia since the mid 1980“s. Aim: To analyze the
effectiveness of the CO2 Laser (10600nm) vaporization in treatment of
a series of ten cases of oral leukoplakia. Description evolution: Of the ten
cases, six were men and 4 women. Mean age of the patients was 55.4 years-old
(range 35-76). Lesions range in size 1cm to 7cm and were located in gingival
mucosa in 4 cases, buccal mucosa in 3 and tongue in
3. There were 6 homogeneous and 4 non-homogeneous type leukoplakias.
Every lesion was previously biopsied and the leukoplakia diagnosis was
confirmed in all. For each vaporization procedure we use carbon dioxide laser
(DEKA Smart US 20D) with angulated mirror hand piece, defocalized
and continues mode, 5W power, 2 mm spot, PD of 159.2W/cm2 and fluence of
159.2 J/cm2. There were no complications during surgery.
Complete healing was achieved in a period of 3 weeks (mean 20.3 days ±2.2). The
patients were followed at least 12 months (mean follow-up period of 25 months)
and any signs of recurrence were noted. Primary complete elimination of the
lesions was achieved for all cases. There were two recurrences (20%) in a
period of 3 and 6 months. Discussion: Our experience confirms that CO2 laser is a safe and efficient method to
eliminate oral leukoplakia.