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Lasers: an Emerging Technology


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1 Department of Prosthodontics, UP Dental College & Research Centre, Lucknow, India
2 Department of Conservative Dentistry, UP Dental College & Research Centre, Lucknow, India
     

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Laser is one of the latest technologies which promise the dentist and patient to deliver superior quality of dentistry. The advantages of laser dentistry over conventional approach are several e.g minimal bleeding, surgeries with no or minimal use of anesthesia, tooth preparations without creating micro fractures etc. This article highlights different types of lasers used in dentistry with mechanism of action especially emphasizing on the use of lasers in Prosthodontics, its advantages, disadvantages and limitations. This article is an attempt to create more awareness about lasers amongst clinicians and to make use of it for better practice. The continued development of laser technology may lead in creating a different branch in dentistry "Lasers Dentistry".

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Lasers, Lasers in Prosthodontics, Laser Dentistry
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Authors

Garima Agarwal
Department of Prosthodontics, UP Dental College & Research Centre, Lucknow, India
Amrit Tandon
Department of Prosthodontics, UP Dental College & Research Centre, Lucknow, India
Amit Agarwal
Department of Conservative Dentistry, UP Dental College & Research Centre, Lucknow, India
Swati Gupta
Department of Prosthodontics, UP Dental College & Research Centre, Lucknow, India

Abstract


Laser is one of the latest technologies which promise the dentist and patient to deliver superior quality of dentistry. The advantages of laser dentistry over conventional approach are several e.g minimal bleeding, surgeries with no or minimal use of anesthesia, tooth preparations without creating micro fractures etc. This article highlights different types of lasers used in dentistry with mechanism of action especially emphasizing on the use of lasers in Prosthodontics, its advantages, disadvantages and limitations. This article is an attempt to create more awareness about lasers amongst clinicians and to make use of it for better practice. The continued development of laser technology may lead in creating a different branch in dentistry "Lasers Dentistry".

Keywords


Lasers, Lasers in Prosthodontics, Laser Dentistry

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