Use of Lasers in Clinical Dentistry: A Review.

ABSTRACT

Improvements in technology have given the dentists many innovative treatment options. Dental Lasers are the most fascinating technologies in dental practice. Lasers offer many advantages over other conventional modalities of treatment; the laser treatment is now the modality of choice, in many dental applications. The emergence of lasers with variable wavelength and the ability to be used for various applications in dentistry have influenced the treatment and treatment planning of dental patients. It has become mandatory for practicing dentists to update themselves on lasers use in dentistry. This paper gives an overview of uses lasers in dentistry.