LASER DEPIGMENTATION/GUM LIGHTENING-PART 1

LASER DEPIGMENTATION/GUM LIGHTENING - PART 1

Hello dear Viewers and Readers..

LASERS MAKING THE TREATMENT -

EFFICIENT.

COST-EFFECTIVE.

COMFORTABLE. 

GUM LIGHTENING/GUM BLEACHING/GUM WHITENING/GUM DEPIGMENTATION:-

This time the blog is pertaining to the beautification of the smile or smile designing in TERMS OF DEPIGMENTATION(REMOVAL OF EXCESS PIGMENT CALLED MELANIN AND CONTOURING(SHAPING/GUM -LIFT) OF THE GUMS(GINGIVA) BY USING A LATEST TECHNIQUE CALLED THE LASERS.

SPECIALIST INVOLVED:-

USED BY THE PERIODONTIST.(SPECIALIZED IN GUM SURGERIES).

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TO LEARN ABOUT THE EMERGING LASER TECHNOLOGY…

BREAKTHROUGH..

LASER DENTISTRY IS THE CURRENT BREAKTHROUGH THAT HAPPENED TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER OPTION FAVOURING THE  PATIENT'S COMFORTABILITY.

Let's make the things more clear..

 -TO MAKE THE DENTAL PROCEDURES LESS TEDIOUS WITH UTMOST PRECISION AND ACCURACY.

-AND ALSO MINIMAL DISCOMFORT AND HELPS PROPAGATING FAST HEALING GIVING GOOD AND SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

-MINIMAL SWELLING AND POST -OPERATIVE BLEEDING.

-FOREMOST.. REDUCE THE NUMBER (AMOUNT) OF BACTERIA IN THE DISEASED/INFECTED TISSUE(GUMS OR TOOTH)-DECONTAMINATES THE AREA CONCERNED TO A LARGER EXTENT.

-STIMULATES THE TISSUE GROWTHIN A SMOOTH UNIFORM MANNER IN TERMS OF COLOR AND THE TEXTURE AND ACCURATE SHAPING OF THE GUMS.

 

 

SO LET'S GET MORE  INTO IT WITHOUT WASTING MUCH OF TIME...

LET’S UNDERSTAND...

 WHAT IS LASER DENTISTRY:-(LASER ABLATION):-ITS THE REMOVAL/EXTRACTION OF THE SURFACE LAYER OF THE GUMS UNFOLDING OR UNVEILING THE PINK GUMS.

LASER DENTISTRY IS QUITE POPULAR AND COMFORTABLE FOR CARRYING OUT MANY OF THE DENTAL PROCEDURES INVOLVING HARD AND SOFT TISSUES.

COMING ONTO  PROS(ADVANTAGES) OF LASER DENTISTRY:-

ITS VERY VERSATILE AND MINIMIZES THE SIDE -EFFECTS(BLEEDING,SWELLING AND PAIN).

RECOVERY IS FAST.

MINIMAL STITCHES(SUTURES) ARE GIVEN.

LESS HARM TO THE ENCLOSED/SURROUNDING STRUCTURES.

 

MYRIAD USE OF LASERS 

IN ADDITION TO USE IN GUM SURGERIES/CORRECTION GUM SURGERIES BY THE PERIODONTIST.

IN ROOT CANAL TREATMENT ( BY ENDODONTIST).

IN TEETH /TOOTH FILLINGS OR RESTORATIONS (BY ENDODONTIST).

IN SHAPING /CONTOURING GUMS(GINGIVA)-( BY PERIODONTIST).

IN VARIOUS MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERIES(BY MAXILLOFACIAL/ORAL SURGEON).

IN PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY(CHILD  DENTISTRY).

IN COSMETIC DENTISTRY (COSMETIC DENTIST).

FOR ALLIGNMENT OF TEETH (BY ORTHODONTIST).

So …all the specialized branches and also the dental surgeon are acquiring and getting experienced in this field for current and furure applications by using their fine -skilled expertise. 

 

Protection glass for the DENTIST:-

PROTECTIVE SUN-GLASSES ARE WORN BY THE DENTAL SURGEON OR SPECIALIZED DOCTORS WHILE PERFORMING PROCEDURES.

Long form/Complete form of LASER.

TYPES OF LASER:-Nd:YAG LASER,Er:YAG LASER,CARBON DIOXIDE LASER.

L-LIGHT

A-AMPLIFICATION

OF

S-STIMULATED 

E-EMISSION

OF

R-RADIATION.

INSTRUMENT USED IS –

IT EMITS LIGHT ENERGY IN THE FORM OF VERY NARROW AND THE FOCUSSED BEAM.(TARGETED BEAM).

 

HOW IT WORKS:-

WORKING/FUNCTIONING :-

WHEN THE FOCUSSED BEAM OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS STRIKES THE CONCERNED HARD/SOFT TISSUE-REACTION IN THE TWO FORMS IS EXHIBITED BELOW..

-EXCISION/CUTTING/REMOVAL OF THE TISSUE OF THE EXCESS/FLABBY TISSUE..

-SHAPING (CONTOURING) OF THE TISSUE(SOFT/HARD) WITH UTMOST PRECISION.

FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS TO PONDER:-

DEPIGMENTATION OF THE GUMS(SOFT TISSUES).

COSMETIC AND SMILE DESIGNING PROCEDURES BY THE GUM -SHAPING OR THE GUM-LIFT AND ALSO TEETH WHITENING. 

 

OTHERS TOO NEED TO BE CONSIDERED..

Reduces the discomfort with the canker sores/cold sores.

Helps in biopsy procedures in cases of benign and carcicarcinomas-tumourous lesions or mass)

Helps in teeth whitening/bleaching procedures.

Remove the muscle attachments(MUSCLE FRENULA-LASER FRENECTOMY) that leads to limited mouth opening AND ALSO TREATING THE SLEEP APNOEA 

Expose partially erupted teeth including wisdom tooth.

Subtraction/Deletion of the soft tissue folds.

Broadening of the crown structures.

Cavity detector and alleviates the teeth/tooth sensitivity. 

Regeneration of the nerves and the vessels.

And also in reducing pain and swelling (inflammation) of the soft tissues in TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS(TMJ).

 

 

SO HERE READERS AND VIEWERS..

I’ LL BE CONCENTRATING MAINLY THE SHAPING OR RECONSTRUCTIVE  OR CONTOURING THAT INVOLVES LASER- IMPLEMENTED SURGERY OF THE GUMS(GINGIVA).

AND ALSO THE REMOVAL OF EXCESSIVE PIGMENTED OR THE DARK GUMS(GINGIVA).

 

 

LASER INVOLVES...NO DRILLS

                                  NO NEEDLES 

IT’S A PAIN -FREE PROCEDURE.

 

LASERS BROUGHT REVOLUTION IN THE DENTAL/MEDICAL FIELD.

IT HAS NOW REVOLUTIONISED THE MEDICAL FIELD.

 

SO ..NOW PUTTING LIGHT/EMPHASIZING ON THE TOPIC...

DEPIGMENTATION OF THE GUMS BY LASER.

Actually you all should know ,people have different gum tones or color.

GUM DEPIGMENTATION IS ALSO CALLED GUM BLEACHING TO LIGHTEN OR REMOVAL OR EXTRACTING THE BLACK P1ATCHES/NON-UNIFORM GUMS TEXTURE /COLOR OR  BLACK SPOTS ON THE GUMS.

DISFIGURING /EXTRACTING/REMOVAL OF THE MELANIN PIGMENTATION-LASERED GUMS.

ABOUT MELANIN AND  ITS PREVALANCE :

Excess of MELANIN pigment is produced resulting in the over PIGMENTATION of the GINGIVA (GUMS).

Gum color is brown or  brownish-black instead of pink.

Higher levels of MELANIN means darker color of the gums or skin just to defend against the harmful U-V RAYS.

Most common in AFRICAN OR MIDDLE -EASTERN ANCESTORS. 

Gum PIGMENTATION manifests differently for every patient. 

Treatment  RESULTS -BEFORE AND AFTER.

BEFORE

AFTER

ATTRIBUTING FACTORS/ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS:-

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION(RACIAL PIGMENTATION)eg PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME.

A)EXTERNAL IRRITANTS/ (EXOGENOUS/EXTERNAL FACTORS OR THE PREDISPOSING FACTORS.

DERRANGED LIFESTYLE HABITS:-

CHRONIC SMOKING, TOBACCO CHEWING (SMOKER’S MELANOSIS  FOR CHAIN SMOKERS)or BETEL CHEWING, STAINING OR SOME UNDERLYING CHRONIC DISORDER AND MEDICATIONS USED FOR THE SAME .

FOREIGN-BODY INVASION:-

a)AMALGAM TATTOO:-

 -IN RESPONSE TO AMALGAM   FILLINGS(SILVER FILLINGS /RESTORATION-CAUSES AMALGAM TATTOO DUE TO PIGMENTATION OF THE MUCOSA RESULTING IN BLUE/GREY OR BLACK SPOTS. 

IT OCCURS DUE TO ENTRAPPMENT OF THE SILVER FILLINGS UNDERNEATH THE ORAL TISSUES .

OUTCOME IS THE DARK COLORED LESIONS.

b)GRAPHITE TATTOO.

B)ENDOGENOUS FACTORS:-

ADDISON’S DISEASE/HORMONAL IMBALANCE/HYPOADRENLISM/HYPOADRENOCORTICISM. (ENDOCRINALDISORDER),ACROMEGALY (SYSTEMIC ILLNESS).

C)MEDICATIONS SUCH AS..

ANTI-MALARIAL DRUGS ,ANTIBIOTIC LIKE MINOCYCLINE ETC.

D)SOME PATHOLOGICAL CAUSES LIKE ENDOCRINAL DISORDERS,IDIOPATHIC DISEASES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.

E)SOME ORAL- MUCOSAL LESIONS (POST -INFLAMMATORY LESIONS eg LICHEN PLANUS),ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS.8TOO.

F)CANCEROUS CONDITIONS LIKE KAPOSI SARCOMA,HEMANGIOMAS,MELANOMAS ETC.

G)POOR DENTAL HYGIENE COMPROMISING

SOFT AND HARD TISSUES HEALTH IN THE ORAL CAVITY. 

H)CHRONIC IRRITATION -POST- INFLAMMATORY eg ACUTE NECROTIC ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS(ALSO CALKED TRENCH MOUTH)/POST-TRAUMATIC. 

I)INFECTION - CANDIDIASIS,HIV,TUBERCULOSIS ETC..

J)ATMOSPHERIC IRRITANTS LIKE COAL AND METAL DUST.

METALLIC PIGMENTATION /HEAVY METAL POISONING/EXPOSURE:-including ARGYRIA AND LEAD LINE BY FOLLOWING METALS LIKE LEAD,ARSENIC,BISMUTH,MERCURY, SILVER ETC.

 

SO LET'S KNOW ABOUT..

HOW PIGMENTATION HAPPENS /COMMENSURATES/ WHAT'S THE ROOT CAUSE:-

WHAT IS MELANIN AND ITS RESPONSE?

 

PIGMENTATION happens by the natural pigment MELANIN THAT PRODUCES BROWN COLOR IN THE GUMS.

TANNING OF GUMS( SOFT TISSUE)  OR THE EXTERNAL SKIN COLOR IS NOTHING BUT THE DEFENSIVE MECHANISM OF THE BODY TO PROTECT IT FROM THE HARMFUL U-V RADIATIONS. 

GUMS COLOR CAN BE UNIFORM OR PATCHY/BLOTCHY.

DESCRIBING THE PROCESS OF MELANIZATION:-

MELANIZATION /MELANOGENESIS:- process by which pigment is formed within the BASAL CELLS OF EPIDERMIS(TOP-MOST LAYER OF THE MUCOSA) in melanosomes of the melanocytes(melanin-producing cells followed by distribution-localized and generalized.

IT HAS LIMITS PERTAINING TO GOOD AS WELL AS BAD EFFECTS.

 

SO DEAR READERS AND VIEWERS..

NOTE:-KEEP NOTICING THE NORMAL AND THE AGGRESSIVE ROLE OF MELANIN EXPRESSION IN ORAL CAVITY MAINLY THE  GUMS(SOFT TISSUES) RELATED TO ANY COLOR CHANGE.

 

LASER GUM DEPIGMENTATION:-(MINIMALLY-INVASIVE PROCEDURE):-

OTHERS INVOLVED ARE:

VARIOUS METHODS EMPLOYED TO TREAT THE GUM PIGMENTATION GOES AS...

Surgical scapel method.

Abrasion method.

Electrosurgery/Electrocautery.

Cryosurgery.

Free gingival grafts.

Bur abrasion.

Laser surgery. 

LASERS NOW HAVE AN EDGE OVER THE OTHER PROCEDURES:-

THE INVENT OF THE LASER TECHNOLOGY HAVE GAINED POPULARITY AMONG THE MASSES .

ITS VERY PRECISE WITH NO BLEEDING AND PAINLESS TOO.

Uses various chemicals to burn the pigmented gums without much  of discomfort. 

ITS REALLY VERY THERAPEUTIC HAVING A GREAT EDGE OVER THE CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT MODALITIES GIVING YOU LIGHTER AND CONSISTENT GUMS.

Common questions that  can come in 

anybody's mind for the same are as follows:-

 

1)Duration of the procedure:-

Specific to the patient concerned. 

 

2)Recovery time:-

Patient can resume activities after procedure but need to follow general hygienic instructions in a smooth manner or gentle manner to achieve good results. 

 

3)Success rate of the lasers.

This procedure has a great success rate for DEPIGMENTATION OF THE GUMS(GINGIVA).

 

4)Risk factors (MAIN GUIDELINE):-

Gum(gingiva) health to be considered very much in terms of the inflammation or underlying chronic inflammation owing to Diabetes,ENDOCRINAL disorders and other systemic illnesses and their medication to  be checked regularly with no fail.

 

CONDITIONS UNFAVOURABLE FOR GINGIVAL DEPIGMENTATION:-

Patients with deep or advanced PERIODONTAL DISEASE(NO MORE SURFACE PIGMENTATION).

Patients with ORAL DISEASES.

Patients taking blood thinners(ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY OWING TO THE UNDERLYING CHRONIC -HEART DISEASE).

PATIENTS WITH THIN GUM TISSUE OR PROMINENT TOOTH ROOTS.(patient can experience SENSITIVITY IF BY ACCIDENTAL REMOVAL OF THE GUMS(GINGIVA).

PATIENT WUTH CHRONIC DIABETES AND THE MEDICATION WHICH  CAN HAMPER THE TREATMENT .IT 9SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR TO THE TREATING DOCTOR FOR BEST RESULTS. 

 

 

BASIC QUERIES REGARDING THE LASER PROCEDURE:-

 

A)Laser DEPIGMENTATION IS PAINFUL OR PAINLESS:-

ITS PAINLESS .

B)AESTHETICS ARE FULFILLED OR NOT:-

DIODE LASER USED GIVING EXTREME COMFORT AND OPTIMAL AESTHETICS.

C)CHANCES OF RECURRENCE /RELAPSE ARE VERY LESS WITH LASERS UNLESS LIFESTYLE FACTORS INFLUENCE IN  A NEGATIVE MANNER.

 

D)Numbness DONE/ANAESTHESIA REQUIRED OR NOT REQUIRED BEFORE THE PROCEDURE.

The patient concerned portion  to be treated is anaesthesized before- hand .

 

E)LONGEVITY OF THE PROCEDURE:-

It CAN LAST UPTO 30 YEARS OR SO OR IT CAN BE UPTO LIFETIME TOO.

F)PROCEDURE TIME: NEARLY 20 MINUTES OR SO BUT VARIES DEPENDING UPON THE AREA INVOLVED.

 

G)COST OF THE TREATMENT:-

Cost of the treatment varies depending upon the specific treatment the oayient needs.

 

H)POST TREATMENT:- GUMS(GINGIVA) BECOME SENSITIVE FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

I)RECOVERY PHASE:-

HERE COMES THE ROLE OF THE PATIENT POST SURGERY:-WITHIN 3 WEEKS OR SO, THE PINK COLOR IS REGAINED OR ATTAINED(LASERED GUMS).

MAINTAINANCE OF THE PINK GUMS(HEALTHY-LOOKING PINK GUMS):-

-Massage the gums regularly. 

-Therapeutic mouthwash to be used.

-Consumption of the right foods to keep the gums healthy. 

-Regular cleaning to be undertaken (ORAL PROPHYLAXIS).

 

So dear viewers and readers..CONVEYING YOU  ALL THROUGH THIS BLOG THAT THE LASER TECHNOLOGY IS THE MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH  IN THE FIELD OF COSMETIC DENTISTRY/SMILE DESIGNING AND CONTINUING TO  MAKE A MARK AND PRESENTING YOU WITH AESTHETICALLY PLEASING GUMS IN THIS NEW- AGE DENTISTRY. 

HERE ...NEED TO TELL YOU  ALL THAT THIS ARTICLE REQUIRES TO BE SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS.

FIRST PART is about DEPIGMENTATION OF GUMS(GINGIVA) .

SECOND  PART is all about CONTOURING/RESHAPING OF THE GUMS(GINGIVA)/LASER GUM-LIFT FOR GUMMY SMILES.

 

ENDING UP  HERE THE   FIRST PART OF THE WEBLOG..

SO TRY AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT DEPIGMENTATION AND MAKE USE OF IT WITHOUT MUCH OF FEAR AND  HESITATION IF NEEDED.

HOPE THIS WEBLOG  ENCOURAGES YOU TO INDULGE AND ITS APPLICATION FOR CORRECTION OF THE PIGMENTATION RESULTING IN THE  SATISFACTORY RESULTS EXPECTED.

LASER DENTISTRY WILL BRING BRIGHTER SMILES FREE OF MELANIN(DARK BROWN GUMS)..

TAKE CARE OF YOUR AESTHETICS SO FAR IF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE GEARING UP TO MAKE YOU MORE EXPRESSIVE AND PRESENTABLE.

STAY TUNED FOR THE SECOND PART TO SURFACE  SOON..

THANKYOU..

KEEP SOUND DENTAL AND THE OVERALL HEALTH ..

KEEP WORKING TOWARDS IN KEEPING ORAL HEALTH IN  A GOOD STATE.

ENCOURAGE YOURSELF TO LEARN AND ACKNOWLEDGE ADVANCEMENTS HAPPENING IN THE MODERN-AGE DENTISTRY .