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Use of Lasers in Dentistry

Lasers have been around in dentistry for more than 20years and have a number of different uses. It is proved that laser dentistry is very safe for patients in 1980, after that many dentists have incorporated dental lasers into everyday procedures – reducing bleeding, Pain, anxiety and post-treatment recovery times.  The beauty of dental lasers is that they damage far less of the surrounding tissue than traditional techniques – which means less discomfort and pain. Use of Laser dentistry on every manner has been positively affected including oral medicine, oral surgery, prosthetic dentistry, periodontists, Implantlogy, pediatric and operative dentistry. The ability of the lasers to perform less invasive procedures without any discomfort to the patients had made a high impact on delivery of dental Treatments. This will continue in future as this technology will expand more and more to improve and evolve.

Types of Various Treatments Where Lasers are used in Dentistry:-

There are many uses for lasers in the dental field. Depending on the laser in use, one can perform a variety of dental procedures. Laser is used in mostly all procedure in the dental field; Laser procedures are usually divided into hard and soft tissue. The most common laser procedures are listed below and divided by category.

Tooth Decay: – One type of laser is designed to detect Cavities and can remove decay within a tooth and prepare the surrounding enamel for a filling. Laser is used only for white filling where it harden the material once placed in cavity, but it is not used in case of silver filling.

Gum Disease: – Lasers are used to reshape gums, remove gum bacteria and tissue. It also helps to treat with heavy infections such as root canal.

Soft Tissue Reshaping: – Famous cosmetic dentist Dr Pankti Patel uses laser to adjust patients gum line and help it to create incredible gummy smile. Soft Tissue and Bone both prepares patients mouth for crown placement.

Biopsy: – Lasers are also used to remove pieces of tissue for testing to look for any signs of cancer in mouth.

Lesion removal: – Lasers is used to remove lesions in mouth and relieves pain from mouth ulcers immediately

Wisdom Tooth removal: – Lasers also helps to remove partially erupted wisdom tooth.

Muscle Attachment: – A laser frenectomy is an ideal treatment option for children who are tongue tied and babies unable to breast feed due to limited tongue movement. A laser frenectomy may also help to elaborate speech.

Crown Lengthening: – Dental lasers can reshape gum (soft) tissue and bone (hard) tissue to expose healthier tooth structure and this both reshaping of tissues prepares patients mouth for crown placement.

Dentists also use laser dentistry to treat TMJ, cold sores, gum disease, and benign oral tumors.

What are the different levels and ways of Conscious Sedation Dentistry?

The levels of sedation used include:

Mild sedation – With light and mild sedation you are awake but in relax mode

Moderate sedation means conscious sedation – where you can utter words when speaking and not remember much of the treatment procedure.

Deep sedation – you are on the border of consciousness but can still be in awaken mode.

General anaesthesia – you are completely unconscious means totally in sleep mode where we cannot awake you.

Each of these levels will somewhere help to put you in varied states of relaxation.

 

There are several ways conscious sedation can be administered:

Inhalation Sedation – This technique involves the use of nitrous oxide also known as laughing gas where you have to breathe in this oxide combined with oxygen mask that will be placed over the patient’s nose.  This gas will help you to relax and it also immediately wears off after the treatment and there is no recovery time as well as side effects. It is very low impact sedative, allowing you to drive home yourself following the completion of the procedure.

Oral Sedation – This is a sedative taken in pill form, our dentists may prescribe medications depending on the dosage to provide a light to moderate sedation effect.  Usually, a pill will be taken by the patient about an hour before the procedure and will make the patient feel sleepy. Though oral sedatives do not cause sleep, they make you drowsy, usually dull the senses. This form of sedation is an exclusively best choice for people who fear needles.

Intravenous Sedation – This type of sedation procedure is usually used when the patient wants a moderate to deep sedation and also known as the fastest working sedative because it transfers the sedation drugs directly to patient’s bloodstream intravenously producing an effect much sooner. This is why it is important to bring a driver or any care taker to take you driving home.

 

Why to choose Teeth Care Centre for Conscious Sedation Dentistry?

At Teeth Care Centre Dental Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat India we have exclusive set up especially for conscious sedation. Our qualified Doctor Team uses operatory to provide several different types of sedatives mentioned above. We are confident that this practice with high standards, hygiene protocols allows patients to safely be sedated so they can receive the treatment they need or want, in a comfortable and relaxed environment. Dr Nirav Patel; Dr Pankti Patel who are certified members of American Dental Association examines each patient’s medical history and evaluate the patient’s degree of anxiety to plan the sedation protocol. You can visit our website for additional information at www.teethcarecentre.com

 

We at Teeth care centre dental hospital are happy to offer you dental care. Whether you need emergency care or you need a planned surgery. We offer conscious sedation for any of our dental procedures, although it may not be needed for the simple treatments. Our motto is to make sure that no patient leaves our clinic feeling anxiety or pain. We want patient’s journey at teeth care centre to be of pain free. So If you are interested in the conscious sedation method of dentistry where you can be free of pain while still awake, please feel free to give us a call to book an appointment on +919377783384 or +917878783384.