title: Lasers in dentistry: a review. Part 1.
abstract: Papers describing the dental applications of lasers have appeared in the dental literature for more than 30 years but there have been few comprehensive reviews. In this, the first of a two-part series, the author describes the earliest dental uses of lasers, the heightened interest which followed the appearance of the Nd:YAG laser in 1987 and the use of lasers in dentistry on hard and soft tissue. Part 2 will deal with the use of lasers in diagnosis, treatment and dental research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Medicine and Dentistry.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mercer
mesh_terms: D003748:Dental Equipment; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007834:Lasers