LASER DENSITY
LASER stands for ‘Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation’. Lasers basically are of two types:
- Soft tissue lasers
- Hard tissue lasers
The hard tissue lasers are used for cavity preparation, surgical cut of the bone etc.,
Whereas the soft tissue lasers have a wide usage:
- Gingival Troughing for Crown Impressions (troughing makes the margins of the tooth preparation more clearly visible)
- Gingivectomy & Gingivoplasty (when the length of the crown has to be increased the gingival covering it must be excised, this procedure is called gingivectomy)
- Gingival Incision & Excision
- Soft-Tissue Crown Lengthening (when the tooth length is less and does not look good giving a gingival smile the tooth can be lengthened)
- Hemostasis & Coagulation
- Excisional & Incisional Biopsies
- Exposure of Unerupted Teeth (the thick fibrous tissue covering the tooth may be hindering the eruption of the tooth, when excision of the tissue is indicated)
- Fibroma Removal
- Frenectomy & Frenotomy (tongue tie can be corrected with no bleeding and faster recovery)
- Implant Recovery
- Incision & Drainage of Abscess (it is easier to curettage abscess up to its complete depth)
- Leukoplakia
- Pulpotomy as an Adjunct to Root Canal Therapy
- Operculectomy (the tooth with the covered gum tissue can lead to infection and inflammation, in these cases the tissue is excised with lasers)
- Oral Papillectomies
- Reduction of Gingival Hypertrophy
- Vestibuloplasty
- Treatment of Canker Sores, Herpetic & Aphthous Ulcers of the Oral Mucosa
- Laser Removal of Diseased, Infected, Inflamed & Necrotized Soft-Tissue Within the Periodontal Pocket
The surgical area does not bleed as blood clot happens immediately with lasers. So they can be considered as blood-less surgery. They are very useful in patients with gum and periodontal issues. The treatment can be done in a less invasive, less traumatic way and the healing period is much lesser.