title: Lasers in dentistry.
abstract: This article describes how laser instruments can be used for a variety of dental procedures. The fundamentals of laser physics and tissue interaction are explained and an overview of the different characteristics of individual instrument types is given. Some examples of clinical treatment cases are shown.
authors: School of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Donald J
authors: DJ
authors: Coluzzi
mesh_terms: D003762:Dental Instruments; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007834:Lasers / Q000145:classification; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures