LASER Dentistry
what is LASER dentistry?
LASER Treatment in dentistry is safe and effective for a wide range of dental procedures and is often used in conjunction with other dental instruments. Laser Dentistry helps in removing infected tissues and aid in faster recovery.
It also aids in reshaping the gum and bone tissues much faster than the conventional method.
The use of the laser has proved to be an effective tool to increase efficiency, specificity, ease, and cost and comfort of dental treatment.
Surgeries using laser have proved to be highly successful over the years especially in terms of costing and post-treatment effects for the patient.
Advantages Of Laser Dentistry
- Painless and minimizes bleeding
- Damage to the surrounding tissue is minimized
- Wounds heal faster and tissues can be re-generated.
- Better bone formation and lesser risk of side effects.
- Requires less chair seating time
- High success rate.
LASER in dentistry is used in dentistry for:
- Crown lengthening: when the tooth height is very low than the expected level for placing a crown, the gums are removed to gain an expected crown height.
- Root canal
- Gum treatment.
- Teeth whitening.
- Removal of gingival pigmentation: A cosmetic procedure where the black pigments on gums are removed for aesthetic effect.
- Reduction of aphthous ulcer: the aphthous ulcer can heal much faster with the help of LASER.
- Inducing healing: As LASER induces healing, it’s used on wounded site to promote healing
- Periimplantitis: removal of dead cells and infected tissue around the implant to promote osseointegration.
- Implant identification: LASER is also used in the second surgery of implantation to expose the implant.
- Gingival recontouring: when there is an overgrowth of gums over teeth, the LASER will help to remove it from overhanging.
- Orthodontic tooth exposure: impacted teeth in orthodontic treatment can be exposed using LASER for the eruption.
- Frenectomy: removal of a tightly attached frenum
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