A Review on Use of Lasers in Clinical Dentistry

U. B. Rajasekaran; Khalled Abdulla; Omar Bashir

Authors

U. B. Rajasekaran Orthodontics, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya
Khalled Abdulla Department of Orthodontics, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya
Omar Bashir Faculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya

Keywords:

Lasers in dentistry, Dental lasers, Soft-tissue lasers, Laser Doppler flowmetry, Laser safety

Abstract

Improvements in technologies have given the dentists many treatment options. Laser is one of the most captivating technologies in dental practice. As laser offers many advantages over other modalities of treatment, the laser now has become the instrument of choice, in many dental applications. This paper gives an overview of laser dentistry.

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