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Comment on “efficacy of low-level laser therapy in management of recurrent herpes labialis: a systematic review”
No full textCongratulations on the publication of your review paper
BEfficacy of low-level laser therapy in management of recurrent herpes labialis: a systematic review^. Al-Maweri, S.A.,
Kalakonda, B., AlAizari, N.A. et al. Lasers Med Sci (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-018-2542-5.
The findings emerging from your very accurate review
suggest that diode lasers with wavelength ranging between
632.5 and 870 nm are potentially a safe and effective alternative treatment for the management of recurrent herpes labialis.
Though in the last decade, diode lasers with wavelength over
870 nm (e.g., 940, 970, 980 nm) have had a wide diffusion
among laser users, you report no data on these lasers’ wavelengths as missing in the international literature. Nevertheless,
many clinicians, including myself, daily used 940, 970, and
980 nm lasers, and also many reports are presented and
discussed during several congresses of scientific societies.
For such reason, as you suggest in your review, B... due to
high variability in study designs and inconsistency in laser
parameters among the included studies, more well-designed
randomized clinical trials with standardized laser parameters
are highly warranted,^ I would like to underline the necessity
to include in further future researches also diode lasers with
wavelength over 870 nm, inviting expert clinicians to share
their data and experience by publications on authoritative
journals like Laser Med Sci, in order to provide more and
more complete clinical data to the scientific community on
which to work, to pose a milestone on a laser topic almost
40 years old. The oldest publication available in PubMed is
dated 1979 and listed below. Thank you again for publishing
your review paper [1]
Comment on “Efficacy of photodynamic therapy as adjunct treatment of chronic periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis”
No full textCongratulations on the publication of your article BEfficacy of
photodynamic therapy as adjunct treatment of chronic periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.^ Azaripour
A, Dittrich S, Van Noorden CJF, Willershausen B. Lasers Med
Sci. 2018 Feb;33(2):407–423. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10103-017-2383-7.
As a laser user, I would like to take advantage of the strong
data you reported on this widely debated and discussed topic,
that is the photodynamic therapy in chronic periodontitis, in
order to arouse interest among researchers and clinicians in
performing and publishing similar studies on the subject, and
also to make clear the need of special issues on authoritative
journals like Lasers Med Sci to pose a milestone on this old
subject over 30 years. The two oldest publications available in
PubMed are both dated 1983 and are listed below [1, 2].
Thank you again for publishing this extremely interesting
paper
Laser-Assisted Gingivectomy to Treat Gummy Smile
Full text link: Excessive gingival display (EGD) is the extensive exposure of the gingiva during a smile. It is a common concern among patients, which may compromise the esthetic outcome of the dental treatment. Dental lasers demonstrate several advantages for soft tissue dental surgery compared with conventional surgical methods related to their technical characteristics. Owing to the excellent coagulation, especially of the surgical lasers, reduced to no need of anesthesia or suturing and faster healing, they demonstrate optimal clinical results. Nevertheless, good knowledge of laser-tissue interaction is required to obtain the best predictable results without gingival recession or bone tissue damage
Oral and maxillo‐facial manifestations of systemic diseases: An overview
Full text linkMany systemic (infective, genetic, autoimmune, neoplastic) diseases may involve the oral cavity and, more generally, the soft and hard tissues of the head and neck as primary or secondary localization. Primary onset in the oral cavity of both pediatric and adult diseases usually represents a true challenge for clinicians; their precocious detection is often difficult and requires a wide knowledge but surely results in the early diagnosis and therapy onset with an overall better prognosis and clinical outcomes. In the current paper, as for the topic of the current Special Issue, the authors present an overview on the most frequent clinical manifestations at the oral and maxillo-facial district of systemic disease
Microinvasive carcinoma of the oral cavity: correlation between 3D staging and survival in a study of 105 cases
No full textGranular cell tumour of the tongue treated by radiofrequency ablation
No full textIl tumore a cellule granulari è una neoplasia piuttosto rare del cavo orale. Solitamente si presenta come lesione nodulare, sessile, asintomatica, a lenta crescita, rivestita da mucosa normocolorata a meno che non intervengano fenomeni di ulcerazione dovuta esclusivamente a trauma masticatorio, e con un caratteristico colorito giallastro che guida alla diagnosi differenziale pre-chirurgica. L’escissione deve essere eseguita in toto per ridurre il rischio di recidive dovuta ad incompleta enucleazione, anche mediante sistemi elettromedicali, come per esempio la radiofrequenza chirurgica utilizzata nel caso descritto, che rendono l’atto chirurgico più semplice per riduzione del sanguinamento intra-operatorio non alterando la precisione di escissione ed il campione chirurgico al fine del susseguente esame istologico, che è obbligatorio per la diagnosi finale.AIM: To report on a case of granular cell tumour occurring in the tongue surgically removed by surgical radiofrequency, with histological examination. MATERIAL OF STUDY: Discussion on the clinico-pathological characteristics of the granular cell tumour and the surgical treatment by surgical radiofrequency: the differential diagnosis is also discussed. RESULTS: Histological examination is mandatory for the final diagnosis. Surgical radiofrequency is an useful medical device to achieve good quality surgery with minimal post-operative course. DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS: Although rare, granular cell tumour should be always considered in the differential diagnosis of nodular lesions of the oral mucosa above all when the tongue is involved and a yellow appearance is detectable. The surgery will be guided by the clinical diagnosis and accurately performed to prevent recurrence. A medical device promoting reduction of the intra-operative bleeding is suggestable for such surgical treatments. KEY WORDS: Granular cell tumour, surgical radiofrequency, neurogenic tumour
Ulcerated nodules of the tongue
No full textA 59-year-old white woman was referred to our
observation for ulcers of the tongue of two months
duration. Her medical history included previous Merkel
cells carcinoma of the zygomatic region with lympho-nodal
involvement five years earlier, which had been treated with
surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and a diagnosis
of systemic sarcoidosis two years later, with sub-chin nodes
and pulmonary involvement, the latter left untreated as
functionality tests were normal. Intraoral examination
showed two ulcerated nodules of the dorsal tongue
(figure 1); the lesions were painless, grew slowly, and
showed positivity to toluidine-blue vital test. A PET-scan
revealed two distinct solid masses of the tongue with
increased signal intensity, and some little lymph nodes
located at the right mandibular angle. Serum sIL-2R test
was not performed. An excisional biopsy of the lesions
with histological examination was performed (figure 2).
No adjunctive treatment was suggested for the ulcerations
Lithiasis of minor salivary glands of the upper lip. Clinico-pathological report of a case with unusual presentation
No full textFine-needle aspiration in head and neck diagnosis.
No full textFine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a simple and inexpensive widely used diagnostic technique for the presurgical pathologic diagnosis of head and neck proliferating lesions.1, 2 This Video S1 shows as examples two of the most common indications (a soft texture latero‐cervical/salivary swelling and a hard texture palatal swelling) (Figure 1) to the preoperative diagnosis by FNAC, the necessary equipment, and the technique. Although FNAC is a well‐established method advised by many physicians since is a safe procedure with minimal possible complications and can be also performed in an outpatient setting, an adequate training period is mandatory to achieve good results in terms of diagnostic accuracy
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