Effect of Laser Ablation and Low-level Laser Therapy on Patients with Localized Moderate to Severe Chronic Periodontitis with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Split-mouth Clinical Trial

to respond with a hyperinflammatory trait. [14][15]5][16] It is therefore important that periodontal therapy in diabetic patients is able to deal with these multiple levels of host susceptibility, so as to establish periodontal health.Laser de-epithelialization is a rather predictable method, as it creates a unique wound by the instant vaporization of the epithelium, 17,18 Giannelli et al. 19 showed that photoablative removal of the outer gingival epithelium, the pocket epithelial lining, and