The Effect of Laser Photocoagulation on the Soft Tissue Healing During Socket Preservation

Inclusion Criteria: 1. The need for the extraction of nonrestorable maxillary anterior tooth for untreatable caries, endodontic treatment failure or root fracture. 2. Type I postextraction sockets according to the classification proposed by Elian et al. with all bony walls intact . 3. Adult patients (aged 18-50 years). 4. A good standard of oral hygiene, as determined by the registration of an O'Leary Plaque Index of less than or equal to 10% after phase I therapy. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The presence of any systemic disease that could complicate bone and soft tissue healing of the grafted socket. 2. The presence of any local factor that may interfere with extraction as tooth ankylosis. 3. Smoking. 4. The presence of bone dehiscence and fenestrations of the post-extractive alveolus (Type II and III sockets). 5. Subjects who had undergone radiation therapy. 6. Patients who had been subjected to or who were under bisphosphonate therapy.