Publications by authors named "Dagmer Else Slot"
Objectives: To test whether use of a water-cooled Nd:YAG laser adjunctive to supra- and subgingival debridement (SRP) with hand and ultrasonic instruments results in greater clinical improvement than SRP alone. Another objective was to investigate the reduction in the number of microorganisms.
Methods: This study was an examiner-blind, randomized and controlled clinical trial using a split-mouth design.