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Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice
The term LASER is an acronym for ‘Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation’. As its first application in dentistry by Miaman, in 1960, the laser has seen various hard and soft tissue applications. In the last two decades, there has been an explosion of research studies in laser ap...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700144/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23833485 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.111342 |
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author | Verma, Sanjeev Kumar Maheshwari, Sandhya Singh, Raj Kumar Chaudhari, Prabhat Kumar |
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description | The term LASER is an acronym for ‘Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation’. As its first application in dentistry by Miaman, in 1960, the laser has seen various hard and soft tissue applications. In the last two decades, there has been an explosion of research studies in laser application. In hard tissue application, the laser is used for caries prevention, bleaching, restorative removal and curing, cavity preparation, dentinal hypersensitivity, growth modulation and for diagnostic purposes, whereas soft tissue application includes wound healing, removal of hyperplastic tissue to uncovering of impacted or partially erupted tooth, photodynamic therapy for malignancies, photostimulation of herpetic lesion. Use of the laser proved to be an effective tool to increase efficiency, specificity, ease, and cost and comfort of the dental treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-37001442013-07-05 Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice Verma, Sanjeev Kumar Maheshwari, Sandhya Singh, Raj Kumar Chaudhari, Prabhat Kumar Natl J Maxillofac Surg Review Article The term LASER is an acronym for ‘Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation’. As its first application in dentistry by Miaman, in 1960, the laser has seen various hard and soft tissue applications. In the last two decades, there has been an explosion of research studies in laser application. In hard tissue application, the laser is used for caries prevention, bleaching, restorative removal and curing, cavity preparation, dentinal hypersensitivity, growth modulation and for diagnostic purposes, whereas soft tissue application includes wound healing, removal of hyperplastic tissue to uncovering of impacted or partially erupted tooth, photodynamic therapy for malignancies, photostimulation of herpetic lesion. Use of the laser proved to be an effective tool to increase efficiency, specificity, ease, and cost and comfort of the dental treatment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3700144/ /pubmed/23833485 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.111342 Text en Copyright: © National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Verma, Sanjeev Kumar Maheshwari, Sandhya Singh, Raj Kumar Chaudhari, Prabhat Kumar Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice |
title | Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice |
title_full | Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice |
title_fullStr | Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice |
title_full_unstemmed | Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice |
title_short | Laser in dentistry: An innovative tool in modern dental practice |
title_sort | laser in dentistry: an innovative tool in modern dental practice |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700144/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23833485 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.111342 |
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