Ascorbic Acid Versus Diode Laser in the Treatment of Gingival Hyperpigmentation
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-09-10
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Vitamin C affect the melanocytes function not the number while diode laser cause melanocytes
destruction. Although diode laser and vitamin C have proved their effectiveness in
depigmentation in previous studies, there are no published studies compared the effect of
diode laser and vitamin C on melanocytes and melanosomes clinically and histologically.