Dear Colleagues,

Implantology is one of the specialties of the dental field that has grown especially in recent decades. Since Pi Branemark began his research in osseointegration, up until today, there have been many different studies and investigations in this field. Every day, different and new techniques and technologies are being used in order to increase the efficiency, safety, comfort of the patient, and longevity of dental implants. Nowadays, lasers are an example of these new technologies that are associated with implants. There are different types of lasers, such as surgical lasers and photobiomodulation LLLT lasers, which are being used for different applications in implantology. Lasers with different wavelengths have been used in implantology, and have shown good results. However, more research and clinical studies are needed in order to be able to have the scientific evidence needed so that these treatments can be used for routine therapy.

In the last few years, different applications of lasers in implantology have arisen, for example, in the peri-implant bone bed perforation, the discovery of implants in the second stage, the treatment of fibrous hyperplasias around the implants, peri-implant surface decontamination, peri-implant treatment, photobiomodulation in both implants and bone regeneration materials, and so on. It is for all of these reasons that we believe that this Special Issue of the Dentistry journal can be a great opportunity to show the great work done by the different research teams in the fields of lasers and dental implantology.

I would like to encourage researchers and clinicians to present their clinical studies, either in vitro or ex vivo, and of course clinical cases, to be published in this prestigious journal.

Prof. Josep Arnabat-Domínguez
Prof. Umberto Romeo
Guest Editors

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• Laser
• Laser-assisted implant therapy
• Dental implants
• Bone perforation
• Preparation surgical site
• Implant bed preparation
• Osteotomy
• Thermal increment
• Thermal damage
• Osseointegration
• Bone regeneration
• Mucositis
• Peri-implant
• Wavelength
• Er:YAG
• Er,Cr:YSGG
• CO₂
• Diode
• Nd:YAG
• Wavelength
• Complications
• Decontamination
• Bactericidal effect
• Osteotomy
• Lateral window sinus lift
• Uncovering implants
• Second stage surgery
• Photobiomodulation
• Implant surface
• Implant surface modification
• Photodynamic therapy
• PDT
• Osteoblast attachment
• Laser modified titanium surfaces
• Laser microtextured titanium surfaces
• Implant biofilm