LASERS IN DENTISTRY........

Lasers in dentistry: An innovate tool in modern dental practice….

No drill, no pain…..

Hello all, hope you all doing well…… today we are back with a non-invasive treatment procedure i.e., lasers and their importance in dentistry.

The term LASER is an acronym for ‘Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation’. The laser has seen various hard and soft tissue applications and in last two decades, there has been an explosion of research studies in laser application. In hard tissue application, the laser is used for caries prevention, bleaching, restorative removal and curing, cavity preparation, dentinal hypersensitivity, growth modulation and for diagnostic purposes, whereas soft tissue application includes wound healing, removal of hyperplastic tissue to uncovering of impacted or partially erupted tooth, photodynamic therapy for malignancies, photostimulation of herpetic lesion. Use of the laser proved to be an effective tool to increase efficiency, specificity, ease and cost and comfort of the dental treatment.

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APPLICATIONS OF LASERS

Oral Surgery

• ·         Surgery (major & minor)
• ·         Treatment of abscess
• ·         Aphthous ulcer
• ·         Hemostasis
• ·         Curettage
• ·         Removal of hyper plastic tissue
• ·         Bacterial reduction
• ·          Excisional biopsy
• ·         Retention cyst
• ·         Exposure of impacted teeth
• ·         Ankyloglossia

Periodontics

• ·         Flap surgery
• ·         Frenectomy
• ·         Gingival contouring/ Gingivectomy
• ·         Pocket treatment
• ·         Bacterial reduction
• ·         Curettage
• ·         Pocket reduction
• ·         Operculectomy

Pedodontics

• ·         Removal of caries in deciduous teeth
• ·         Pulpotomy and Pulpectomy procedure

Endodontics  

• ·         Bleaching
• ·         Caries removal
• ·         Canal irrigation

Prosthodontics

• ·         Sulcus deepening
• ·         Vestibuloplasty
• ·         Crown contouring
• ·         Crown lengthening
• ·         Smile designing

 How laser works on the teeth

The laser is directed on the rotten area, which contains more water molecules than rest of the tooth

Water molecules in the decay are heated rapidly. Pressure increases and the rotten area “explodes” making a popping sound

 

The laser kills bacteria in the area leaving the tooth surface sterile

Why lasers used mostly ……. THE REASONS INCLUDE

• ·         No anesthesia, no drill
• ·         Less blood loss and less pain
• ·         Hemostatic and analgesic effect.
• ·         Reduce post –operative edema
• ·         Less post-operative scarring.
• ·         Initial healing, rapid regeneration, reduce post sensitivity in restorations 
• ·         Dressing & suturing is not required for wound closer. 
• ·         Less chances of metastasis
• ·         Sterilization of treatment site.
• ·         Laser exposure to tooth enamel causes a reduction in caries activity. 
• ·         The patient becomes free of fear & anxiety. 
• ·         Advantageous for medically compromised patients and the patient becomes free of fear & anxiety.

We, the team of HYDERABAD SMILES DENTAL HOSPITAL…… provide the best dental treatment with complete patient satisfaction.  We are well equipped with laser units in our hospital providing patients various dental treatments with no pain and post-operative complications.  We have all the required dental diagnostic in house equipment which includes digital x-ray i.e., RVG, OPG.

We will take care of medically comprised patients, understanding their problems and treating them with high level of safety. Mainly lasers can reduce their stress levels during the treatment procedure as lasers are painless…..

We will provide the all possible options related to your particular problem and go home with happy smile……

For any other queries, please contact

Dr.Dilip Kumar BDS, MDS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon)

Certified Implantologist (Noble Bio-care Germany)

Certified Smile Care Dentist (New York University)

Hyderabad Smiles Dental Hospital

Phone Number: 9247864642.