The carbon dioxide (CO2) laser was first introduced in 1964 by Patel and has been extensively used in the next two decades as an incision tool in increasingly wide areas, such as neurosurgery, dermatology and plastic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, gynecology, and general surgery. In 1984, its reliability resulted in its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and thus, ...

Methods 60 healthy C57 black mice were randomly allocated to 6 groups including control group, model group, 10.6μm CO2 laser group, 650nm laser group, combined laser group (combined 10.6μm CO2 laser and 650nm laser) and sham group. Each treating group received irradiation from different lasers at Dubi (ST35) for 90s in a total of 15 sessions. The sham group also received treatment with the lase...

Early erbium and CO2 lasers failed to gain wide acceptance in the dental community because their optical drilling speeds were slower in comparison to the mechanical bur. This has changed in the past few years; much faster ablation speeds are now possible and dental lasers with variable square pulse technology even exceed the drilling speeds of conventional burs. In this paper we report on a cli...

Though the primary role of lasers in urology has always been in the treatment of urolithiasis, there are several other indications for their use. There are many different types of lasers currently available, each with unique properties conducive to treating certain disorders. As such, it is critical that today's urologist understands each laser's characteristics in order to optimize patient sel...

Laser equipment is capable of performing ablation and incision while providing hemostasis, and is widely used in intraoral surgery where bleeding can often occur(1). One of the oldest types of laser equipment is CO2 laser. The wavelength of CO2 laser (10.6 μm) is strongly absorbed by water, which means that CO2 laser is suitable for efficient ablation and incision of soft tissues that contain l...

The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review the literatures on effect treatment combining 9300 nm carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers and fluoride prevention enamel caries. A literature search was performed using PubMed, Scopus, Web Science. keywords were ((9300 nm) OR (9.3 µm) (carbon laser) lasers) (CO2 lasers)) AND ((fluoride) (fluorides)) ((dental caries) (caries) (remineralizatio...

Laser acceleration of ion beams is normally realized via irradiating thin-foil targets with near-IR solid-state lasers with up to petawatt (PW) peak power. Despite demonstration of significant achievements, further progress towards practical application of such beam sources is hindered by the challenges inherent in constructing still more intense and higher-contrast lasers. Our recent studies o...