Appendix B: Compounding
Chapter by: Tanenbaum D
in: Current dermatologic diagnosis & treatment by Freedberg IM; Sanchez MR [Eds]
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001
pp. 224-225
ISBN: 0781735319
CID: 3673
Treatment of an amalgam tattoo with the Q-switched ruby laser [Case Report]
Ashinoff R; Tanenbaum D
The amalgam tattoo is an asymptomatic, ill-defined pigmented macule or patch on the gingiva, buccal mucosa, or mucobuccal fold. It can be cosmetically disfiguring if present on the anterior gingiva. The only reported treatments have involved extensive surgery and grafting. We report use of the Q-switched ruby laser to remove a gingival amalgam tattoo
PMID: 7805412
ISSN: 0011-4162
CID: 12888