BACKGROUND Epulis is a benign tumour located in the area of the alveolar bone, periodontal ligament and marginal gingiva. A clinical case of Epulis, treated using an Er,Cr:YSGG laser in our Paediatric Dentistry division of the PTV Hospital, University of Rome Tor Vergata, is described. CASE REPORT A pink, sessile, broad-based lesion, elastic in consistency, was detected on the maxillary vesti...

Laser technology has been recently introduced into the dental field with the idea to replace drilling. Having a less painful first dental experience by the use of modern instruments like laser can be an efficient preventive and therapeutic strategy in pediatric dentistry. Pedodontists need to learn the new less invasive technologies and adopt them in their routine practice. This study aimed to ...

Fundamentals and applications of medical lasers for various clinical procedures including dermatology and plastic surgery, wound healings, nerve stimulation, dentistry, cancer therapy, and ophthalmic surgeries were reviewed recently [1]. The laser spectra of UV (190400) um, visible (400-700) nm, near-IR (700-2900) nm, and mid-IR (3-5) um having various penetration depths (from determine the pro...

The use of lasers in the treatment infants and children, including patients with special needs, is considered to be effective restor- ative procedures soft tissue therapy. different types therapy individual tissues depends on way interact laser light desired effect for purpose treatment. Laser has a positive antimicrobial beneficial enamel mineralization. Nd: YAG increases resistance deminerali...

o bjectives: one major drawback of orthodontic treatment is its long duration due to slow tooth movement and the pain at the onset of treatment following application of forces. there is controversy regarding the efficacy of laser for decreasing the treatment time and pain of orthodontic treatment. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of low level diode laser on the rate of or...

PURPOSE To describe the development, indications, and limitations of Er:YAG lasers in the dental field. METHODS A review based on the literature search in PubMed and completed by other documents was performed. RESULTS Based on the synthesis of the reviewed literature different topics concerning the Er:YAG effects and applications in dentistry are discussed and recommendations for the use of...

A range of lasers is now available for use in dentistry. This paper summarizes key current and emerging applications for lasers in clinical practice. A major diagnostic application of low power lasers is the detection of caries, using fluorescence elicited from hydroxyapatite or from bacterial by-products. Laser fluorescence is an effective method for detecting and quantifying incipient occlusa...

1 Santiago de Compostela University, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Special Needs Unit, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2 Tel-Aviv University, School of Dental Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel 3 Griffith Health Institute, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia 4 University of Copenhagen, Department of Oral Medicine, Section of Oral Pathology & Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark 5 University of Parma, O...