one of the basic purposes in dental treatment is providing a painless treatment for patients. this purpose may be achieved by the application of laser in dentistry. low-level laser therapy (lllt) is an internationally accepted title for biomodulation with low-level lasers which we use to achieve ideal therapeutic effects. low-level laser therapy is a painless, reproducible, non-invasive, and wi...

Oral tissues interactions with lights and matters are gaining interest in themedical field andmore specifically in dentistry. The introduction of tooth colored resin composite had a significant impact in pushing dentistry into the esthetic arena based on 2 major developments: adhesion and light-cured materials. Different light curing devices were introduced based on the mode of action and wavel...

1 PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical UniversitySofia, Bulgaria 2 PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical UniversitySofia, Bulgaria *Corresponding author’s E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +359 888 363 312 Er:YAG laser is one of the most suitable laser systems used in pediatric dentistry. The...

AIM The goal of paediatric dentistry is to provide preventive education to parents and patients as well as interception and therapy of dental diseases in a minimally invasive way using a stress-free approach. Different laser wavelengths are used for different applications following these minimally invasive concepts: argon, KTP, diode, Nd:YAG, and CO2 lasers are used for soft tissue applications...

Laser devices are powerful instruments and are fully integrated in a dentist’s life working. They are mostly known for the thermal cutting properties, therapeutic lasers find a wide application in the regenerative and adjuvant medicine. The aim of this short review is to provide the definition of Laser Biostimulation, its last updates and applications in dentistry. Employing the photochemical i...

PhD, Assistant professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical UniversitySofia, Bulgaria E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +359888363012 Children suffer often from dental traumas. The clinical cases in traumatology can be an object of the different fields of dental medicine. In the last years laser technologies have been proposed and approved for using in dental pra...

AIM This study aimed to evaluate the laser therapy efficacy in paediatric dentistry, considering the subjective tolerance and acceptance of therapy in children needing both dental and soft tissue treatments. METHODS A group of 50 patients from 6 to 12 years of age, needing both hard and soft tissue therapy was selected and treated, without anesthesia, with an Er,Cr:YSGG laser 2780 nm and an E...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of er:yag laser on the shear bond strength of resin modified glass ionomer (rmgi) to enamel.twenty extracted caries-free human premolars were selected. the teeth were embedded in acrylic resin. the buccal surfaces of each sample were ground to plane enamel with carbonated disc. the teeth were randomly divided in two groups. in the first group...

The MVS (such as the Explorer and the MagnaVu) allows the dentist and team to provide quality dentistry in a more comfortable position, for longer periods of time. This is especially important for complex surgical and extensive restorative/aesthetic cases. The procedures that would be enhanced via the MVS include: diagnostic, preventative care, restorative, periodontal, endodontic, orthodontic,...

The laser-induced fluorescence can be used to detect and diagnose dental caries, calculus and bacterial biofilms in dental applications. As such the molecular fluorescence phenomenon has been illustrated scientifically and the literatures relating the fluorescence properties of dental tissues have been explored till the literature reviews ultimately led up to the development of the current Lase...