Efficacy of one-time application of low-level laser therapy in the management of complications after third molar surgery: A retrospective practice-based study.

Purpose: To evaluate in a retrospective practice-based clinical study, the effects of additional laser therapy on side effects following the removal of all four impacted third molars. The secondary objective was, based on those results, to rationalize a protocol for low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in terms of irradiation settings.

Methods: 96 subjects requiring simultaneous surgical removal of the four third molars were treated from 2017 to 2019.

Clinical and histological evaluation of postextraction platelet-rich fibrin socket filling: a prospective randomized controlled study.

Objectives: The aims were to investigate whether the use of platelet-rich fibrin membranes (PRF) for socket filling could improve microarchitecture and intrinsic bone tissue quality of the alveolar bone after premolar extraction and to assess the influence of the surgical procedure before implant placement.

Material And Methods: Twenty-three patients requiring premolar extraction followed by implant placement were randomized to three groups: (1) simple extraction and socket filling with PRF, (2) extraction with mucosal flap and socket filling with PRF, and (3) controls with simple extraction without socket filling. Implant placement was performed at week 8, and a bone biopsy was obtained for histomorphometric analysis.