Here are some of the major benefits associated with laser dentistry:
- Procedures performed using soft tissue dental lasers may not require sutures (stitches).
- Certain laser dentistry procedures do not require anesthesia.
- Laser dentistry minimizes bleeding because the high-energy light beam aids in the clotting (coagulation) of exposed blood vessels, thus inhibiting blood loss.
- Bacterial infections are minimized because the high-energy beam sterilizes the area being worked on.
- Damage to surrounding tissue is minimized.
- Wounds heal faster and tissues can be regenerated
- More minimally invasive dentistry
- Fewer injections and numb lips
- Non-contact hard-tissue cutting eliminates heat and vibration of a drill
- Soft-tissue procedures with minimal bleeding, swelling, or post-op pain
- Reduced patient fear and anxiety