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Lasers in a hospital-based dental practice.

R A Convissar1

  • 1Department of Laser Dentistry, New York Hospital-Medical Center of Queens, Flushing, USA. laserbobdds@msn.com

Dental Clinics of North America
|October 26, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Dental lasers offer safer and simpler treatments for medically compromised patients in hospital or equipped private practices. Continued development of laser technology promises expanded applications in hospital dentistry.

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Area of Science:

  • Dental technology
  • Medical applications of lasers

Background:

  • Lasers are recognized as valuable tools in dentistry.
  • Medically compromised patients present unique treatment challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the utility of lasers in treating medically compromised dental patients.
  • To explore the safety and efficacy of laser use in hospital and private practice settings.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on dental laser applications.
  • Analysis of case studies involving medically compromised patients treated with lasers.

Main Results:

  • Laser use simplifies and enhances the safety of dental procedures for medically compromised individuals.
  • Hospital-based and adequately equipped private practices can effectively utilize lasers for these patients.

Conclusions:

  • Dental lasers are beneficial additions to the armamentarium for treating medically compromised patients.
  • The expanding range of laser wavelengths and applications will increase their importance in hospital dental practices.

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