Vol.13, No 2, 2006 pp. 109 - 113
UC 616.314:621.375.82

INVESTIGATION OF HeNe LASER THERAPY INFLUENCE
ON BCP/PLGA OSSEOINTEGRATION – EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Radmila Živković1, Ljiljana Kesić1, Dragan Mihailović2, Nenad Ignjatović3, Dragan Uskoković3
1Faculty of Medicine, Clinic of Stomatology, Niš
2Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathology, Niš
3Institute of Technical Sciences of SANU, Belgrade
E-mail:  dr.rada@yahoo.com

Summary. The efficiency of HeNe laser application in treatment of artificially caused bone defects in mandible of rats filled with biocomposite BCP/PLGA (bicalcium phosphate/polylactide–co-glycolide) was analyzed. Animals were divided in two separate groups. The first group (A) was the control one. In the second group (B) the implantation site was submitted to HeNe laser irradiation. Animals were sacrificed two, six, eight and twelve weeks after laser therapy. Histological samples were decalcified and submerged in paraffin blocks. Samples were colored with HE. Morphometrical analysis consisted of measuring area fraction, area, integral optical density, mean density and density variation. Results showed beneficial effect of laser treatment in reparation of alveolar bone after two and six weeks. After eight and twelve weeks no beneficial laser effect on biocomposite osseointegration could be noticed.
Key words: Bicalcium phosphate/polylactide-co-glycolide, HeNe laser, osseointegration

ISPITIVANJE UTICAJA HeNe LASEROTERAPIJE
NA BCP/PLGA OSEOINTEGRACIJU – EKSPERIMENTALNI RAD
Kratak sadržaj: Ispitan je uticaj terapije HeNe laserom na arteficijalno izazvane defekte mandibule pacova koji su ispunjeni sa biokompozitnim materijalom BCP/PLGA (bifazni kalcijumfosfat/polilaktidkoglikolid). Životinje su podeljene u dve grupe. Prva grupa (A) je bila kontrolna grupa. U drugoj grupi (B), mesto implantacije biomaterijala je podvrgnuto dejstvu HeNe lasera. Životinje su žrtvovane nakon dve, šest, osam i dvanaest nedelja nakon završene laseroterapije. Histološki preparati su dekalcifikovani i ukalupljeni u parafinske blokove. Preparati su bojeni HE. Morfometrijska analiza se satojala iz merenja arealne frakcije, areje, integrisane optičke gustine, srednje gustine i varijacije gustine koštanog tkiva. Rezultati su pokazali blagotvoran uticaj laseroterapije u reparaciji koštanog tkiva nakon dve i šest nedelja. Nakon osam i dvanaest nedelja nije uočen blagotvorni uticaj lasera na oseointegraciju biokompozita.
Ključne reči: Bifazni kalcijumfosfat/polilaktidkoglikolid, HeNe laser, oseointegracija