Dental lasers can be used to help restore teeth, contour gingiva and perform other soft tissue procedures. What may be most appealing to dentists and their patients is that dental lasers allow treatment to be completed with a minimal amount of local anesthetic, and in some cases no anesthetic at all. This is an
In addition to reducing and possibly eliminating the need for needles and drils, a dental laser may allow a general dentis to offer some treatments that might otherwise require a specialist referral. Examples include fibroma removal and frenectomies. With proper training, a laser may make it possible for an individual general dentist to provide these treatments in-office when he/she would not have before. However, always remember that all dental professionals should only provide treatments that they have received training on and are competent performing
They are extensively used in the following cases
1. Bloodless, Suture Less dental Surgery
2. aser whitening & bleaching. Speedy teeth whitening by
activation of tooth gel
3. RCT-Lasers remove decay and infection in teeth and
used for Curing /hardening filling
4. Crown lengthening
5. Recontouring of gums and bone in tissues
6. Frenectomy
7. Epulis removal
8. Tooth sensitivity treatment
9. Biopsies
10. Removal of lesions of oral cavity
Besides that, laser dentistry scores points with
patients and laser dentists in other ways, too.
Use of lasers in dentistry reduces the need for
local anesthesia and sedation dentistry. This is
because using a laser in dentistry may cause less
pain in some instances, so that anesthesia iso
longer a requirement.
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