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| Patient Education / Lasers Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. This phenomenon is brought about using devices that transform light of varying frequencies into a single intense, nearly nondivergent beam of monochromatic radiation. Lasers operate in the visible, infrared, or ultraviolet regions of the spectrum. They are capable of producing immense heat and power when focused at close range and are used in surgical procedures, in diagnosis, and in physiologic studies. Lasers used at low power, transmitting light not heat, have been used in wound healing and pain control. Book Reader In Association with 
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Nd-YAG lasers are now being marketed for use in dental practice. The Nd-YAG will desiccate caries, 'etch' a tooth surface, clean fissures and sterilize root canals and it has a more conventional role in soft tissue surgery... Source : Operative Maxillofacial Surgery |
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Lasers have been developed for both hard and soft tissue. They can be used to treat periodontal disease in a process called root planing. After tartar is removed using an ultrasonic scaler, the erbium laser is used to reduce bacteria associated with periodontal disease. A diode laser enables cosmetic dentists to sculpt the gum... Source : Medical and Dental Space Planning : A Comprehensive Guide to Design, Equipment, and Clinical Procedures |
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"An excimer laser can cut infected dentine tissue inside a tooth several times faster than healthy dentine and leave the harder enamel on the surface untouched..." Source : Nanotechnology in Medicine and the Biosciences (Developments in Nanotechnology) |
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In addition to materials, lasers are available for treating periodontal disease and soft tissue lesions. They remove calculus as well as diagnose caries and remove decay from teeth... Source : The Art and Science of Being a Dentist: Leading Dentists Reveal the Secrets to Professional and Personal Success |
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Today, thanks to the diode laser, dentists can actually literally shape the gums... While the diode laser recontours tissue, the argon laser cures and sets the newest dental materials. For that reason dentists have a tremendous amount of time to manipulate the materials... Source : Ageless Beauty : A Dermatologist's Secrets for Looking Younger Without Surgery |
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The first lasers were developed in the 1950s and in fact the very first device employing these principles of physics was the MASER (Microwave Amplification of Stimulated Emission of Radiation) and then the technology was developed in the visible and infrared ends... Source : Operative Maxillofacial Surgery |
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In 1997 the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the first laser dental "drill." During testing on more than 1,300 teeth, only, three patients requested local anesthetic... Source : The Excruciating History of Dentistry: Toothsome Tales & Oral Oddities from Babylon to Braces |
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