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Dentistry

Laser has been used in odontostomatology for years. Various types of laser are employed in the dental field for a variety of applications, including elimination of caries, decontamination of periodontal pockets, teeth whitening, and oral mucosa surgery, etc. Today the most widely used laser systems in this sector are:

Many dentists use lasers combined with traditional therapeutic methods in their daily practice in a myriad of different operations. Obviously, lasers cannot totally replace or radically change operating methods, but they can be used to accompany and back up traditional instruments.

Significant and multiple advantages are provided by these systems, for both the patient and the dentist.

Advantages for the patient: minimally invasive treatments!

  • Anaesthesia reduced to a minimum (often just an anaesthetic spray or gel suffice instead of an injection, thus eliminating the use of needles).
  • Safer for cardiopathic patients and pregnant women, where anaesthetics could be problematic.
  • Faster procedures (shorter sessions and/or treatment).
  • Bacterial decontamination (reduced risk of infections and relapses).
  • Selective removal of compromised tissues leaving the surrounding tissues intact and preserving the healthy tooth structure as much as possible.
  • Less suturing necessary.
  • Reduced swelling, pain and post-op sensitivity.
  • Faster post-op recovery and healing.
  • Less stress, less anxiety (particularly useful in paediatric dentistry).
  • No noise or vibrations typical of the drill
  • Immediate aesthetic results
  • Safer for coagulopathic patients (laser now enables numerous operations on patients with coagulopathic disorders thanks to the absence of bleeding).

Advantages for the dentist:

  • Faster and long-lasting haemostasis with a clean, dry operating field
  • Easy treatment even in hard-to-reach areas
  • Immediate aesthetic results
  • Great precision of incision
  • Less need for anaesthetics
  • Bacterial decontamination (reduced risk of infections and relapses)
  • Faster procedures (shorter sessions and/or treatment)
  • No micro-fractures (treatment of hard tissues)


A huge range of approved laser applications is now available in dentistry for the following sectors:

Oral surgery and medicine: frenulectomy, increase of connective tissue, vestibuloplasty, gingivectomy and gingivoplasty, removal of benign neoplasms and cysts, incision and drainage of abscesses, treatment of herpes simplex, aphthous ulcers, and Lichen Planus.

Conservative: removal of caries and preparation of cavities (without anaesthesia in the majority of cases), etching of enamel, dentinal desensitisation.

Endodontics: Root canal treatment.

Implantology: decontamination of the alveolar site, treatment of mucositis and peri-implantitis, exposure of submerged implants.

Periodontology: treatment of periodontal disease.

Teeth whitening

Pain-relief: Relatively new to the world of dentistry, laser biostimulation has been used for years in sports medicine, paediatrics, physiotherapy, and pain control. Thanks to the special defocused handpiece enabling the use of a large spot with reduced fluence, laser has proved extremely effective in reducing sensitivity and promoting the healing process in numerous dentistry procedures and in treating temporomandibular disorders. Its normal use in dentistry includes the acceleration of post-extraction healing and nerve desensitisation (pre-extraction). Anaesthetics can also be avoided in patients with low tolerance of professional dental hygiene operations.

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