Lasers are commonplace today, they are used now in everything from your CD player to high tech machines. Did you know that they are also very useful in dentistry?
Doctors have used lasers for years to Provide better care for their patients – in LASIK vision correction, for removing skin blemishes, and in all kinds of surgery.
The laser creates special, highly concentrated light energy, and sends it through an optical fiber to its handpiece. The dentist uses the handpiece to aim the laser energy precisely at the areas to be treated. Some laser systems combine the laser energy with a gentle spray of water.
The Benefits of Laser Dentistry
More Comfortable
Waterlase Dentistry uses laser energy and a gentle spray of water to perform a wide range of dental procedures – without the heat, vibration and pressure associated with the dental drill. With many procedures, it’s possible to use less anesthetic, and often no anesthetic at all.
More Convenient
The Dentist can often get you and you child in and out of the dentist chair faster, since it’s less likely that they will need an injection – research shows that the vast majority of patients don’t. It’s nice to avoid that shot, isn’t it? Not using anesthetic can allow your dentist to perform procedures that used to require more than one visit in a single appointment. Also, a Waterlase Dentist can perform procedures that once meant an additional trip to a specialist, saving you even more time.
More Precise
The Dentist can remove decay far more precisely than a dentist using a drill. This saves more of the healthy parts of your tooth. Saving your natural teeth can save you from the discomfort and cost of future tooth breakdown.
The Laser is really a great thing for the Pediatric Dentist. I can do fillings without getting the kids numb (No Needle) and can take away much less tooth structure than with traditional methods.
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