Dr. Bell has a class 1 laser certification to use dental soft tissue lasers in his westchase florida office. Dr. Bell has chosen the AMD lasers picasso as his laser of choice. It has won many awards including Dental product Shopper "Best Product" 2010 and many more.
Why Dental lasers are a benefit to you:
Laser Dentistry has rapidly emerged with a new level of quality care for
patients. Features like the ability to perform more procedures in less
time without sacrificing patient care and comfort are an added
advantage. A wide range of dental practice specialties and their
patients benefit from laser treatment. For instance, lasers can be used
around metal crowns, on patients with pacemakers and braces, on teeth
with metal amalgams, and in procedures involving bone structure all
with few negative effects. Patients report that laser treatments are
much gentler than those administered with an electrosurge and result in
little or no recession, swelling, less necrosis, and a quicker post-op
healing process. Additionally, laser surgery is substantially less
invasive therefore generates less bleeding during the procedure. Lasers
are predictable, precise and produce a reduction in the need for
suturing.
Procedures a dental laser can be used for:
INDICATIONS OF USE
Laser Periodontal
- Laser soft tissue curettage
- Laser removal of diseased, infected, inflamed, and necrosed soft tissue within the periodontal pocket
- Removal of highly inflamed edematous tissue affected by bacteria penetration of the pocket lining and junctional epithelium
- Sulcular debridement
(removal of diseased or inflamed soft tissue in the periodontal pocket
to improve clinical indices including: gingival index, gingival bleeding
index, probe depth, attachment loss and tooth mobility)
Laser Aesthetics & Surgery
- Exposure of unerupted teeth
- Fibroma removal
- Frenectomy and frenotomy
- Gingival troughing for crown impressions
- Gingivectomy & Gingivoplasty
- Gingival incision and excision
- Hemostasis and coagulation
- Implant recovery
- Incision and drainage of abscess
- Leukoplakia
- Operculectomy
- Oral papillectomies
- Reduction of gingival hypertrophy
- Soft Tissue crown lengthening
- Treatment of canker sores, herpetic and aphthous ulcers of the oral mucosa
- Vestibuloplasty
Laser Teeth Whitening
- Laser associated whitening of teeth
- Light activation for bleaching materials for teeth whitening
