Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Frenectomy can be done by conventional technique, electrosurgery, or soft tissue lasers. The present study was conducted to compare frenectomy with conventional scalpel and Nd:YAG laser technique. Materials & Methods: 84 patients scheduled for frenectomy of both genderswere randomly divided into 2 groups of 41 each. Group I patients were treated with scalpel and group II with neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser. The severity of bleeding, wound healingand the number of analgesics used during the healing phase was recorded. Results: In group I, males were 21 and females were 20 and in group II, males were 18 and females were 23. The mean bleeding score in group I was 2.8 and in group II was 1.1, VAS was 3.2 in group I and 1.7 in group II and analgesics used was 2.4 in group I and 1.2 in group II. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Diode lasersprovided better patient perception in terms of reducedoperative time, pain, and bleeding as compared to the scalpel. Therefore, it can be concluded that Nd:YAG laser is an efficient method for frenectomy.