Clinical applications of lasers in dentistry.

Objectives: Dental lasers are instruments, that produce a concentrated beam of energy that is not necessarily visible to humans. When laser light is in contact with tissue, it produces the reaction in it, and has the ability to vaporize, remove or shape soft or hard tissue. The use of lasers in dentistry provides minimally invasive treatments, clinical versatility, precise control of tissue cutting for different procedures and tissue biotypes.
Methods: Uses of Er-Cr: YSGG and diode lasers.
Results: Applications of laser treatment: Removing caries with reduced necessity for anesthesia (injections), especially in medically compromised , elderly patients and children. Gum recontouring (gummy smile), gum pigmentation, frenectomies of upper lip, lower lip, tongue frenum, tooth lengthening procedure-when the coronal part of the tooth is too short to make a proper restoration, trophying the marginal gum prior to impression for crown/bridge, endo treatment, perio treatment, smile makeover, apicoectomies, reshape the bone contour, removing the tumors and other intraoral lesions, extractions, removal of veneers and zirconium crowns, sensitivity, aphtous ulcers and herpetic lesions.
Conclusions: The lasers have been used in dentistry since 1990 and the all tissue lasers since 1997. Lasers provide safe and effective treatment in a wide range of applications .