UNAIR NEWS – Dental and oral infections are ranked first out of ten groups of diseases most commonly complained about by the public. The main cause is bacteria. Systemic treatment with antibiotics can kill the bacteria causing infection, dental and oral disease. It inspired a researcher from Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) to create a Dento-ßilaser product.
This product is a combination of Antimicrobial Dentolaser and Photobiomodulation Dentolaser and is useful as an accelerator for healing Dental and Oral Diseases. The invention was the work of UNAIR researchers Prof Dr Suryani Dyah Astuti MSi, Prof Dr Ernie Maduratna Setiawatie drg, and Deny Arifianto ST MT.
“This product with dual laser probe innovation is important because two complementary lasers can be useful for treating bacterial infections, wounds, and accelerating the healing process,” said Prof. Suryani to UNAIR NEWS, May 21, 2023.
Producing domestic product
Prof. Suryani also explained that Dento-ßilaser is a new product based on non-invasive photonics with local raw materials. Furthermore, it has a Domestic Component Level (TKDN) of 70 percent, with lower operational costs and more affordable medical expenses.
The Dento-ßilaser product can also help cure several dental and oral diseases, including periodontitis, dental caries, and a root canal or endodontic infections. It also offers other benefits, such as accelerated healing after tooth extraction, surgery, acupuncture therapy, and cure skin infections.
“This Dentolaser FBM can be utilized and further developed into mass-produced medical devices. This is to help accelerate the healing of diseases after tooth extraction, periodontal surgery, acupuncture therapy, and physiotherapy,” she added.
Advantages of Dento-ßilaser products
She also added that the product has some other advantages, such as being simple to use, portable, non-invasive, and able to speed up the wound healing process, so that the laser in the product has good settings so that it does not cause pain to the patient.
“This product is important because systemic methods with antibiotics and antimicrobial chemicals are not optimal for treating microbial infections,” said the Professor of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) UNAIR.
In the future, she hopes that the product can help and become a solution to the existing problems. Moreover, with a more competitive price, we hope the community will have the same opportunity to access health services.
“Hopefully, the dentolaser product and its development can benefit society. Dentists in Indonesia are expected to be willing to use domestic tool products based on the results of clinical trials showing good efficacy,” she hoped. (*)
Author: Afrizal Naufal Ghani
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
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