Lasers in periodontics – an upcoming boom

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Dr. Shivali Vashisht, Dr. Vikas Jindal, Dr. ShubhKarmanjit Singh Bawa, Dr. Ashima Verma, Vidushi Jindal and Dr. Natasha Bathla

Dental lasers have been commercially available for several decades. Laser are an exciting technology, widely used in medicine, kind to tissue and excellent for healing. Lasers have provided us with a potential alternative to simultaneously remove the diseased soft tissues, target the micro‑organisms as well as stimulate wound healing. A laser generates a precise beam light concentrated with energy. Every laser technology is engineered to perform specific special functions without changing or damaging the surrounding tissues.

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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2020.22887.4524
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