Laser drilling has emerged in the last five years as the most widely accepted method of creating microvias in high-density electronic interconnect and chip packaging devices. Most commercially available laser drilling tools are currently based on one of two laser types: far-IR CO2 lasers and UV solid state lasers at 355 nm. While CO2 lasers are recognized for their high average power and drilli...

Three kinds of apparatus of CO2 laser, that is, Medilaser S, NIIC Lasery 60 and NIIC Lasery Model 60Z, are used in our institute. Two kinds of apparatus of Nd-YAG laser, that is, Molectron Model 8000 and Medilas are utilized also. We have used CO2 lasers for removal of tumors in 75 brain tumor cases and 9 spinal cord tumor cases. CO2 lasers were also used for hemostasis in the muscle layer and ...

Lasers have become a popular tool in veterinary practice, particularly the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser. In humans, the CO2 laser is used most commonly in oral and maxillofacial soft tissue surgery due to its favorable interactions with oral soft tissues. Other types of lasers are better suited for use on hard tissues such as enamel and dentin. This article reviews the history of laser use, physi...

Soft Tissue Laser Surgery is different from Hard Tissue Laser Surgery (bones and teeth in dentistry) and Laser Eye Surgery (eye sight corrective surgeries) by particular types of lasers. Lasers differ from each other by the wavelength of light they produce. The most commonly used surgical laser in soft tissue surgery is the CO2 laser. The CO2 laser wavelength (10.6 micrometers) is highly absorb...

Background and Aim: Lasers can serve as a new powerful tool in dentistry. High intensity laser therapy is becoming the treatment of choice compared with conventional periodontal therapy due to accurate incision and soft and hard tissue ablation, hemostasis, reduction of postoperative pain and infection, optimal debridement, and enhanced healing. Although high intensity laser therapy assumes to ...

Much of this uncertainty stems from not comparing “apples to apples,” in terms of the type of lasers utilized and the way that studies are designed. Certain lasers are used specifically for soft tissue treatment. These include the CO2, Nd:YAG, and diode lasers. Others can be used for both soft and hard tissue applications. These are the Er:YAG and Er, Cr:YSGG lasers. They must be compared withi...

OBJECTIVES Fluoride therapy is important for control and prevention of dental caries. Laser irradiation can increase fluoride uptake especially when combined with topical fluoride application. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of CO2 and diode lasers on enamel fluoride uptake in primary teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty human primary molars were randomly assigned to four...

Lasers with modulated parameters are arguably among the simplest and most accessible laser systems of interest for applications in science and engineering and for theoretical investigations. The intrinsic interest in practical applications and in the nonlinear dynamics of modulated lasers has spurred a wide range of studies after the remarkably influential work of Arecchi et al. [1] reporting t...

introduction:  the aim of this in-vitro study was the evaluation of mperature changes due to irradiation of two different lasers used for the reduction of dentinal hypersensitivity and their effect on the pulp damage. the study was done for two dentin thicknesses.  methods:  twenty intact extracted third molars were prepared by longitudinal ground sectioning for 1 and 2 mm dentin thicknesses wh...