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What is Laser Dentistry?
Laser Dentistry is the science of using lasers to treat tooth and gum issues or disorders. The laser is used instead of a scalpel in this method. Lasers have the ability to perform dental treatments without the need for cutting, suturing, or blood loss.
How Laser Works?
A laser is a concentrated beam of coherent light that can be used for drilling, cutting, and other tasks. In the dentistry sector, they effectively replace scalpels in surgeries while also assisting in other activities like as infection management, pain control, boosting the action of tooth-whitening agents, and so on.
Treatments that use Laser
- Laser pocket disinfection
- Laser-assisted flap surgery
- Laser-assisted Root Canal Treatment
- Tongue Tie
- Frenectomy
- Gum Depigmentations
- Abscess Drainage
- Teeth Whitening / Bleaching
- Second stage implant surgery
- Infection around implants
- Extraction sites
- TMJ Pain
Benefits of Laser Dentistry
- The use of a laser can either completely eliminate or reduce the invasiveness of a dental procedure.
- Because of the invasiveness, blood loss is limited.
- The healing process is substantially faster.
- In the case of infection elimination, the penetration and precision are significantly superior.
- Because of the wavelength disparity, they do not affect healthy tissues.
- They provide additional stability to brightening methods such as tooth whitening.