Title
Evaluating the efficacy of the laser in conservative and endodontic treatment
Authors
Arun Kumar Dagur¹, Aishwarya Sinha Mathur², Vartika Singh³, Shazia Siddiqui³, Syed M Yassin4, Saleem Azhar5 & Ganiga Channaiah Shivakumar6,*
Affiliation
¹Department of Dentistry, Krishna Medical College and Hospital, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Dentistry, Gautam Buddha Chikitsa Mahavidyalaya, Subharti University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; ³Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Career Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 4Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia 5Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; 6Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, People’s College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, People’s University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Arun Kumar Dagur - E-mail: akdagur90@gmail.com
Aishwarya Sinha Mathur - E-mail: dr.aishwarya2707@gmail.com
Vartika Singh - E-mail: singhvartika44@gmail.com
Shazia Siddiqui - E-mail: drssiddiquilko786@gmail.com
Syed M Yassin - E-mail: syedmyassin@gmail.com
Saleem Azhar - E-mail: saleem.dental@tmu.ac.in
Ganiga Channaiah Shivakumar - E-mail: shivakumar@peoplesuniversity.edu.in
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received July 1, 2026; Revised July 31,
2026; Accepted July 31, 2026, Published July 31, 2026
Abstract
Dentin hypersensitivity (DHS) is one of the major problems encountered in dental health in which laser treatment is seen to be effective in treating DHS. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the efficacy of a 980 nm diode laser in treating DHS in patients who are hypersensitive to the canine and premolar teeth. The patients were treated with a 10-second air blast from 1 cm away and verbal pain rating (VAS). The patients were treated with two 60-second sessions of non-contact mode at 0.5 W. In the DHS treatment, the patients showed a steady and clear reduction in pain scores at all follow-up visits. Thus, data shows the diode laser significantly reduced the bacteria during root canal treatment.
Keywords
Dentin Hypersensitivity (DHS); laser; verbal analogue scale (VAS); diode laser; disinfection; root canal treatment
Citation
Dagur et al. Bioinformation 22(7): 3891-3895 (2026)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
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.
