%0 Case Reports
%T Treatment of amalgam tattoo with an Er,Cr:YSGG laser.
%A Yilmaz HG
%A Bayindir H
%A Kusakci-Seker B
%A Tasar S
%A Kurtulmus-Yilmaz S
%J J Investig Clin Dent
%V 1
%N 1
%D Aug 2010
%M 25427187
暂无%R 10.1111/j.2041-1626.2010.00011.x
%X Amalgam tattoos are common, asymptomatic, pigmented oral lesions that clinically exist as isolated, blue, gray, or black macules on the gingival, buccal, and alveolar mucosae, the palate, and/or the tongue. In this case report, the successful use of an erbium, chromium-doped:yttrium, scandium, gallium, and garnet laser for the removal of an amalgam tattoo is explained. A 46-year-old man is presented with a half decade history of an amalgam tattoo on his left maxillary premolar-molar gingiva. Depigmentation procedure was performed under topical anesthesia with the use of an erbium, chromium-doped:yttrium, scandium, gallium, and garnet laser at 2 W in the soft tissue pulsed mode for 10 min. The pigmented tissue was completely removed. The de-epithelialization area healed completely on the 10th day after treatment. The period of healing was uneventful. The amalgam tattoo was completely removed with erbium, chromium-doped:yttrium, scandium, gallium, and garnet laser, and the treated area healed without any adverse effect.