Title

Evaluation of pain during gingival depigmentation using diode laser and conventional scalpel technique

Authors

Rafat Sultana¹, Anindita Banerjee², Rajat Sehgal³, Prabhat Kumar Singh², Toshi² & Shakeb Khan Afridi⁴*

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital, Gaya, Bihar, India; ²Department of Periodontics, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital (BIDSH), Patna, Bihar, India; ³Department of Periodontics, Sehgals Dental Clinic, Delhi, India; 4Department of Oral Pathology, Hazaribagh College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Rafat Sultana - E-mail: rafat1.bidsh@gmail.com
Anindita Banerjee - E-mail: 1806.anindita@gmail.com
Rajat Sehgal - E-mail: rajatsehgal07@yahoo.com
Prabhat Kumar Singh - E-mail: prabhatsingh18@gmail.com
Toshi - E-mail: toshi.bidsh@gmail.com
Shakeb Khan Afridi - E-mail: afridi.shakebkhan@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

Abstract

The pain score during gingival depigmentation by diode laser and scalpel is of interest. Hence, the total numbers of patients included were 20. The quadrant undergoing depigmentation via diode laser and scalpel was designated as Group-I and Group II respectively. Data shows that both the conventional scalpel technique and the diode laser achieved similar result in terms of pain perception.

Keywords

Gingival depigmentation, VAS, laser

Citation

Sultana et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3264-3268 (2025)

Edited by

Akshaya Ojha

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.