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  2. Dental laser - Wikipedia

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    A dental laser is a type of laser designed specifically for use in oral surgery or dentistry . In the United States, the use of lasers on the gums was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the early 1990s, and use on hard tissue like teeth or the bone of the mandible gained approval in 1996. [1]

  3. Laser surgery - Wikipedia

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    Oral and dental surgery. The CO 2 laser is used in oral and dental surgery for virtually all soft-tissue procedures, such as gingivectomies, vestibuloplasties, frenectomies, and operculectomies.

  4. Laser-assisted new attachment procedure - Wikipedia

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    According to the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), there are benefits to dental lasers including: reduce symptoms and healing times associated with traditional therapies; reduce the amount of bacteria in both diseased gum tissue and in tooth cavities; and control bleeding during surgery.

  5. List of laser types - Wikipedia

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    One of the most common high-power lasers. Usually pulsed (down to fractions of a nanosecond), dental laser: Nd:YAP laser (yttrium aluminium perovskite) 1.0646 μm: Flashlamp, laser diode: Surgery, tattoo removal, hair removal, research, pumping other lasers (combined with frequency doubling to produce a green 532 nm beam) Nd:Cr:YAG laser

  6. Low-level laser therapy - Wikipedia

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    Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), cold laser therapy, photobiomodulation (PBM) or red light therapy is a form of medicine that applies low-level (low-power) lasers or light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to the surface of the body.

  7. Dental instrument - Wikipedia

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    Dental laser. A dental laser is a type of laser designed specifically for use in oral surgery or dentistry. The use of a laser can decrease morbidity after surgery, and reduces the need for anesthetics.

  8. Oral and maxillofacial surgery - Wikipedia

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    Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty focusing on reconstructive surgery of the face, facial trauma surgery, the oral cavity (mouth), head and neck, and jaws, as well as facial cosmetic surgery/facial plastic surgery including cleft lip and cleft palate surgery.

  9. Laser medicine - Wikipedia

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    plastic surgery, in laser liposuction, in the treatment of skin lesions (congenital and acquired), and in scar management (burns and surgical scars) surgery, to cut, ablate, and cauterize tissue; See also. Dental laser; Endovenous laser therapy; Laser-assisted new attachment procedure; Laser surgery; Light therapy; Low level laser therapy

  10. Laser ablation - Wikipedia

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    Laser ablation is used in a variety of medical specialties including ophthalmology, general surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and veterinary. Laser scalpels are used for ablation in both hard - and soft-tissue surgeries .

  11. Cosmetic dentistry - Wikipedia

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    the removal of tooth structure or gums – examples: enameloplasty, gingivectomy. neither adding nor removing dental materials, tooth structure, or gums – examples: teeth whitening (bleaching), laser whitening, gum depigmentation. straightening of teeth accompanied by improvement in appearance of face [6] – orthodontics.