Summary
This presentation will contrast the daily challenges faced in the conventional delivery of a variety of dental procedures against the solutions offered through laser-assisted dentistry. This lecture is for the dentist/dental hygienist and covers various laser applications. These general applications include cavity preparations, various soft tissue procedures, endodontic preparation, and bony procedures such as crown lengthening and tori reduction. In addition, laser dental hygiene applications will be discussed as well. Examples of these procedures using both the diode laser and the hard tissue laser will be shown.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand basic laser safety and physics.
- Learn clinical applications of dental hard and soft tissue lasers.
- Learn common laser dental hygiene applications.
- Understand dental laser soft and hard tissue applications and clinical procedures for both the doctor and dental hygienist.
- Understand laser history, safety, physics, clinical applications, and procedures in the dental office.
- Understand the different types of dental lasers available on the market today and be able to select the laser that best suits their need.
