EFFECT OF LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY ON STABILITY OF DENTAL IMPLANTS PLACED IN A FRESH EXTRACTED SOCKET

EFFECT OF LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY ON STABILITY OF DENTAL IMPLANTS PLACED IN A FRESH EXTRACTED SOCKET

Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) (660nm laser diode 0.5W) on implant stability and crestal bone loss in implants inserted in freshly extracted sockets augmented by Collaplug in the jumping gap.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. Any non-restorable hopeless tooth: badly decayed tooth that cannot be restored. Tooth with failed endodontic treatment and tooth with longitudinal fracture.
• Type I post-extraction sockets with all bony walls intact.
• No signs of active periodontal disease in the selected tooth.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The presence of any systemic disease that could complicate bone or soft tissue healing after immediate implant placement.
• The presence of acute periapical infection.
• The presence of any local factor that may interfere with extraction as tooth ankyloses.
• Subjects who had undergone therapeutical radiation.
• Patients who had been subjected to or who were under bisphosphonate therapy