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. 2013 Winter;4(1):8–16.

Table 1. Studies performed on canal disinfection by laser .

Title Year of
Publication
Researcher Name Row
Nd:YAG laser irradiation in root canal disinfection 1995 Moshonov J, Orstavik D 1
The efficiency of root canal disinfection using a holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser
in vitro.
1997 Gutknecht N, Nuebler-
Moritz M
2
Antibacterial effects of Nd:YAG laser irradiation within root canal dentin. 1997 Klinke T, Klimm 3
In vitro irradiation of infected root canals with a diode laser: results of microbiologic,
infrared spectrometric, and stain penetration examinations.
1997 Moritz A, Gutknecht N 4
An evaluation of the CO2 laser for endodontic disinfection 1999 Le Goff A, Dautel-
Morazin A
5
The bactericidal effect of Nd: Yag,Ho:YAG,and Er:YAG laser irradiation in the root canal
: an in vitro comparison
1999 Moritz A, Schoopu 6
Morphologic changes correlating to different sensitivities of Escherichia coli and
enterococcus faecalis to Nd:YAG laser irradiation through dentin.
2000 Moritz A, Jakolitsch S 7
Diode laser radiation and its bactericidal effect in root canal wall dentin. 2000 Gutknecht N, van
Gogswaardt D
8
Bacteriologic Evaluation of the Effect of Nd: YAG Laser Irradiation in Experimental
Infected Root Canals
2002 Piccolomini Raffaele 9
2002 Folwaczny Mathias 10
Endodontic treatment with application of Er:YAG laser waveguide radiation disinfection. 2002 Dostálová T, Jelínková
H
11
Efficacy of NaOCl/H2O2 irrigation and GaAlAs laser in decontamination of root canals in
vitro.
2003 Kreisler M, Kohnen W 12
Bactericidal Effect of different laser Systems in the Deep Layers of Dentin 2004 schoop U, Wolf Kluger 13
Evaluation of the antimicrobial effect of Er:YAG laser irradiation versus 1% sodium
hypochlorite irrigation for root canal disinfection.
2004 Perin FM, França SC 14
Bactericidal effect of a 980 -nm diode laser in the root canal wall dentin of bovine teeth 2004 Gutknecht 15
2005 Kangarloo.A, Fekrazad.
R, Salar
16
Disinfection of root canals using Er:YAG laser at different frequencies. 2006 - Vezzani MS, Pietro R 17