Laser Dentistry
Laser dentistry is an effective way to carry out various dental procedures. Laser dentistry can be used to enhance dental procedures and control the duration of exposure on the tissue allowing the highly specific treatment without damaging surrounding tissues.
Laser dentistry is an effective way to carry out various dental procedures. Laser dentistry can be used to enhance dental procedures and control the duration of exposure on the tissue allowing the highly specific treatment without damaging surrounding tissues.
What are the benefits of Laser dentistry?
- Treatments carried out using soft tissue dental lasers do not require stitches
- Some laser dentistry procedures do not require anesthesia
- Minimizes bleeding as the high-energy light beam helps in clotting of exposed blood vessels, thus lowering blood loss
- Bacterial infections are minimized as the high-energy beam sterilizes the area on which treatment will be carried out
- Surrounding tissues damage will be minimized
- Wounds heal faster and regeneration of tissues takes place
Is laser dentistry safe?
If the dental laser is used as per the accepted practices, then it is safe as other dental instruments. Nonetheless, you should wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from exposure to the sun. Your dentist will wear special eyeglasses to protect your eyes from the laser.
Hard Tissue (Tooth) Laser Dentistry Procedures
Cavity Detector
Low intensity soft tissue dental lasers is used to detect cavities by providing a reading of the by-products by tooth decay
Dental Fillings/Tooth Preparation
Hard tissue dental lasers may eradicate the need for a local anesthetic injection and the turbine dental drill. Lasers will kill the bacteria in a cavity, which improves long term tooth restorations. But, dental lasers are not apt for replacement of amalgam fillings, onlays or crowns.
Tooth sensitivity
Dental lasers are used to seal tubules that are responsible for hot and cold tooth sensitivity, In addition to these, Soft Tissue (Gum) Laser Dentistry Procedures are also performed based on your tooth conditions.
