[Possibilities of using laser doppler flowmetry in evaluating periodontal tissue status]

Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) was used for evaluation of microcirculatory disorders in periodontal tissue of children in health and disease. Gingival capillary bloodflow was examined in children and adults with intact periodontium and orthognathic occlusion, chronic generalized catarrhal gingivitis and local periodontitis (with evaluation of the efficiency of laser therapy), in children with various maxillodental abnormalities, and in adults with partial and complete adentia. LDF findings were processed using mathematical analysis, and criteria for evaluation of capillary bloodflow in children of different age groups were defined. LDF detects microcirculatory disorders in periodontal tissues and differentiates between them, detects subjects at a high risk of periodontal inflammations, helps monitor the treatment course and evaluate the disease severity.