Assessment of Efficiency of Diode Laser in Root Canal Disinfection: An Original Research

Niladri Maiti; Stefano Benedicenti; Henna; Sahitya Ambesh; Swapnika Gudapati; Mohammed Mustafa; Kishan Agarwal

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_710_21

Assessment of Efficiency of Diode Laser in Root Canal Disinfection: An Original Research

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2022 Jul;14(Suppl 1):S248-S250. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_710_21. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

Authors

Niladri Maiti¹, Stefano Benedicenti², Henna³, Sahitya Ambesh⁴, Swapnika Gudapati⁵, Mohammed Mustafa⁶, Kishan Agarwal⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tishk International University, Erbil, Iraq.
² Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
³ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sardar Patel Postgraduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁴ Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Chaudhary Vihar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁵ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.
⁶ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India.
⁷ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Introduction: For the complete removal of the intracanal debris and the infectious agents, the intracanal irrigation plays a significant role. Hence, in our study, we assessed the efficiency of diode laser in root canal disinfection.

Materials and methods: We conducted an in vitro study on 45 extracted single noncarious teeth. We equally divided the teeth into controls, Endovac, and diode laser. Later the mean colony-forming units (MCFU) of the Enterococcus faecalis were calculated and compared statistically.

Results: We observed that the MCFU in the controls, Endovac, and diode laser was 10⁸/ml, 10⁴/ml, and 0, respectively, after the incubation.

Conclusion: We can conclude that diode laser can be successful in irrigation of the root canals.

Keywords: Diode laser; disinfection; irrigation.