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Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2020 Jul/Aug;40(4):e147-e154. doi: 10.11607/prd.4773.

Evaluation of Different Dental Lasers' Ability to Congeal Pooled Blood: An In Vitro Study.

The International journal of periodontics & restorative dentistry

Kyle J Losin, Raymond Yukna, Charles Powell, Jay Tippets, Kerri Font

PMID: 32559038 DOI: 10.11607/prd.4773

Abstract

Most dental lasers claim that they can aid in hemostasis during oral and periodontal surgery. To date, there are no studies that compare different lasers' ability to congeal pooled blood. The aim of the study was to see if there was a difference in dental lasers' ability to congeal pooled human blood in vitro. Whole blood was collected from donors, with 0.5 mL (premolar socket volume for all tests) aliquoted into microcentrifuge tubes. Different dental lasers (810-nm diode, 940-nm diode, 1,064-nm Nd:YAG, 2,790-nm Er,Cr:YSGG, 2,940-nm Er:YAG, and 10,600-nm CO

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