Minimizing risk of infection using a carbon dioxide laser. Academic Article

abstract

• The carbon dioxide laser is a surgical device increasingly important to dentistry. The advantages of laser use in the treatment of oral disease have been well documented. Such benefits include bloodless incisions, accurate tissue destruction, reduced pain, minimal swelling, excellent hemostasis, and limited postoperative tissue morbidity. Little information exists currently regarding laser use in the management of medically complex patients, most notably patients with infectious diseases. This article reports the use of the carbon dioxide laser for reducing the risks of disease transmission in the surgical management of an human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive patient.

authors

• Triplett, Robert

published proceedings

• Spec Care Dentist

author list (cited authors)

• Miller, C. S., & Triplett, R. G.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Miller, CS||Triplett, RG

publication date

• July 1991

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Special Care in Dentistry: managing special patients, settings, and situations  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Clinical Research
• Condylomata Acuminata
• Dental/oral And Craniofacial Disease
• HIV Infections
• Humans
• Infection
• Infection Control
• Infectious Diseases
• Laser Therapy
• Lip Neoplasms
• Male
• Occupational Diseases
• Surgery, Oral

PubMed Central ID

• 1948562

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1991.tb01527.x

start page

• 155

end page

• 157

volume

• 11

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-4505.1991.tb01527.x

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being