Title

Clinical outcomes of laser-assisted non-surgical periodontal therapy for chronic periodontitis treatment

Authors

Santosh Kumar Verma¹, Sharmila Kumari¹, Neha Kumari¹, Mayank Priyadarshi^1,*, Ankita Verma², Harsh Priyank³ & Vivek Gupta¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Dental Institute, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India; ²Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Hazaribagh College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Hazaribagh, India; ³Department of Conservative Endodontics and Aesthetic Dentistry, Dental Institute, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Santosh Kumar Verma - E-mail: santoshvermakr@gmail.com
Sharmila Kumari - E-mail: shreedentist@gmail.com
Neha Kumari - E-mail: drnehakumarigarhwa@gmail.com
Mayank Priyadarshi - E-mail: mayankpbidsh13@gmail.com

Ankita Verma - E-mail: ankitave@gmail.com
Harsh Priyank - E-mail: hpriyank@gmail.com
Vivek Gupta - E-mail: drvivek10feb@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

Chronic periodontitis remains a prevalent oral disease that leads to progressive tissue destruction, and conventional scaling and root planing alone often provide limited healing. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the efficacy of the diode laser as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. 50 patients were treated on one side with scaling and root planing combined with the application of diode laser therapy (Group A), while the contralateral side received scaling and root planing alone (Group B). Clinical parameters included clinical attachment level (CAL), plaque index (PI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing depth (PD) and gingival index (GI), which were recorded at baseline, 1 and 3 months post-treatment, respectively. The combined therapy group (Group A) showed notable improvements in CAL, GI, BOP and PD and confirmed that diode laser therapy enhances clinical outcomes and promotes faster healing in the management of chronic periodontitis.

Keywords

Chronic periodontitis, diode laser, non-surgical periodontal therapy, clinical outcomes, periodontal pocket

Citation

Verma et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2789-2794 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.