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Pulsed Nd:YAG laser irradiation of the tooth pulp in the cat: I. Effect of spot lasing

✍ Scribed by Tokita, Yoshihiko; Sunakawa, Mitsuhiro; Suda, Hideaki

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 339 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0196-8092
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9101(2000)26:4<398::aid-lsm8>3.0.co;2-2

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✦ Synopsis

Background and Objective:

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate physiologically pulpal nerve responses and to elucidate histopathologically the pulp tissue reactions to "spot irradiation" with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. Study Design/Materials and Methods: Antidromic compound action potentials and the pulpal blood flow (PBF) were recorded from the canine tooth of a sodium pentobarbitone-anesthetized cat. The laser irradiation-induced pulp tissue changes were histologically investigated. Results: The coronal antidromic compound action potentials disappeared in all the teeth tested during lasing, and the time needed to erase them was significantly shortened with increases in lasing power (P < 0.05). The radicular PBF increased when spot irradiation was performed, and the coronal PBF also temporarily increased with lowpowered lasing. Histologic investigation revealed that spot irradiation with the laser produced severe damage in the pulp tissue in a dosedependent manner.

Conclusion:

The present study suggests that spot irradiation with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser risks producing nerve injury and irreversible tissue damage in the pulp with lasing for the purpose of desensitizing hypersensitive dentin.

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