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Volume 4 Issue 2 (March - April, 2016)
Case Reports
| EVALUATION OF ANXIETY AND POST-OPERATIONAL DISCOMFORT IN FRENECTOMY PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS BY COMPARING CONVENTIONAL METHOD AND LASER APPLICATION - A CASE REPORT | |
| Shrikant Bhujangrao Kendre, Ahemer Arif Shaikh, Manjeet Kaur, Parmod Gupta, Sandeep D Mahindrakar,Preeti Soma Shekhar | |
Removal of lingual frenum has been a matter of controversy for a long time. Ankyloglossia causes problems in eating, dyspnoea and speech disturbances. Hence, it is necessary to perform a lingual frenectomy in such cases. Treatment options such as observation, speech therapy, frenectomy without anaesthesia and frenectomy under local anaesthesia are available. Laser-assisted surgery is common nowadays and most of the oral soft tissue surgical procedures are done with lasers. Among the commonly available lasers today, the diode laser is the one frequently used in dentistry. The purpose of this report was to compare management of ankyloglossia and assess the dentists’ experience of performing the surgery using diode laser vs conventional approach. Patients were diagnosed with class III ankyloglossia and were treated with frenectomy. Both surgeries were performed by the same operator, and the level of fear, pain and post-operational discomfort in patients were assessed. The application of laser resulted in less stress and fear in patient during procedure, also leading to more conservative non-invasive method with minimal discomfort and bleeding, thus this treatment can be considered as a boon for the paediatric dentistry. |
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