Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

Lasers and its Application in Periodontology: A Review

Reader, Department of Periodontitis, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Online published on 27 March, 2020.

Abstract

Dental Laser is available for several decades. Laser is a new technology widely used in medicine, kind to tissue and excellent in healing. Laser is an alternative to remove diseased soft tissue, target microorganism, as well as stimulated wound healing. In 1960, Maiman introduced “Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, Laser using Einstein's theories about stimulated emission. Since then, different laser such as diode, co2, Nd: YAG, Er: YAG, Cr: YSGG have been developed and within few years have been used in dentistry.

Keywords

Laser, uses, application in dentistry, hazards in dentistry