Biopsy of different oral soft tissues lesions by KTP and diode laser: histological evaluation.

Introduction: Oral biopsy aims to obtain clear and safe diagnosis; it can be performed by scalpel or laser. The controversy in this latter application is the thermal alteration due to tissue heating. The aim of this study is the histological evaluation of margins of "in vivo" biopsies collected by diode and KTP lasers.

Excision of an oral angiolipoma by KTP laser: a case report.

Materials And Methods: A 66 year old woman was referred to our observation, since the presence of a painless swelling located on the right cheek mucosa. A surgical approach with KTP laser was performed with the mucosal preservation technique.

Results: Follow up after seven days, sixty days and four months did not showed any complication and the histological examination reported the diagnosis of AL.