The Use of Surgical Lasers in the Treatment of Oral Leukoplakia

Introduction: Surgical lasers are more and more often used in our days in medicine, including oro-maxillo-facial surgery. Because of their many advantages the application of surgical lasers became the elective method in the surgical treatment of oral leukoplakia – according to the recomandation of the WHO.
Material and method: In this paper two clinical cases are presented showing the methods and advantages of using surgical lasers in the treatment of oral leukoplakia. For the surgery a 15 W maximum power Biolitec diode laser was used.
Results and conclusions: The ideal haemostasis during surgery; the shortened intervention (and through this the reduction of physical an psychological stress of the patient); minimal scar tissue formation; the unnecessity to cover sometimes important postoperative defects, reduced risk of dissemination of modified cells are such advantages of the use of surgical lasers, that eliminate the difficulties of classic surgical techniques and lead to spreading of a new concept in the surgical treatment of premalignant lesions of the oral mucosa.