Volume : 7, Issue : 3, March - 2018

Time Changes in Laser dentistry.

Dr. Anand Mangalgi, Dr. Kundan Shah, Dr. Syed Furqhanuddin, Dr. Arif Mohammad Maseehuddin, Dr. Neelam Singh, Dr. Sashikanth

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span class="A0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light">An<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>amazing <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>transformation <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light">is occurring in dentistry with a technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>eakthrough that provides dentists with the capability to perform a wide range of<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>clinical procedures with improved patient outcomes, less trauma, reduced post-op<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>complications and in most cases with no need for injections. Plus, this new<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>technology greatly expands the scope of procedures a dentist can offer their<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>patients¹. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Pa1" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.9pt;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Dentists are now successfully<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>integrating<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Er,Cr:YSGG<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>laser technology <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Pa1" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.9pt;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light;color:black">(Waterlase&reg; YSGG laser, BIOLASE Technology, Inc.) into practice with the <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Pa1" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.9pt;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light;color:black">oadest indications for use of any other laser in medicine or dentistry². <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Pa1" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light;color:black">While lasers have been involved in dentistry for more than 20 years, until recently,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Pa1" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>no single laser had been cleared for and is capable for use on </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:HVJFNA+MyriadPro-LightIt;color:black">all oral tissues</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light;color:black">, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Pa1" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;MSYOFQ+MyriadPro-Light;color:black">including hard tissue, soft tissue, endo, perio, and bone. That all changed with the introduction of the YSGG laser³. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>