Lasers Can Work Wonders Where Surgery Cannot – Find out at Dentist Burwood East

Posted by laserdentist on June 21st, 2019

Summary: Laser dental procedures and surgery are gaining in popularity and rightly so. Lasers can work wonders where traditional surgery cannot, especially in dental and oral procedures.

Since the first time carbon dioxide lasers were used for dental procedures lasers have gained more acceptance and new varieties of lasers have added to the versatility of lasers in oral treatments. In fact there are quite a few procedures in which lasers can be the only successful remedy and stand head and shoulders above traditional procedures. Today, in addition to CO2 lasers, the dentistry profession uses diode lasers, NdYAG lasers and ErYAG lasers as well as others, each with specific properties to address hard and soft tissues in the mouth. Dentist Burwood East makes ample use of a variety of lasers to treat conditions for which other methods of treatments may simply not work or give less satisfactory results or cause more pain.

Pre-malignant lesions

Pre-malignant lesions may not be painful or quite obvious at first but a routine checkup at dentist Burwood East will help the dentist identify presence of such a lesion and then use CO2 laser for surgical removal of the oral mucosa. This may be followed up with a photodynamic therapy using pulsed dye laser to achieve regression. Traditional surgery simply cannot achieve this kind of result in a less invasive way and with less damage to surrounding tissue.

Removing granules

Some people may develop granules inside the lips and this could affect bite and speech. Surgery with a scalpel is obviously painful and healing takes long. However, use of high and low intensity laser can simply erase the granules with minimal pain, bleeding and discomfort. Healing is fast and excision of granules is thorough. Children may have mucoceles or benign lesions on the salivary glands, cheek and inner lips and these are best treated with laser light.

Gingival pigmentation

The gums develop dark patches due to melanocyte activity and density. Surgical removal is painful and lengthy besides leading to a lengthy recovery time. In such cases ErYAG lasers can be used with minimum use of anesthetic, minimum discomfort after the procedure and total depigmentation of gums. Further the laser treatment prevents recurrence.

Lasers prevent recurrence of malignant nature

What would be cause for apprehension is easily resolved by lasers when laser resection and ablation procedures are carried out on residual malignant lesions. Even pre-cancerous lesions are vaporized effectively with the use of lasers at Dentist Burwood East clinic. Oral melanoma is another cause for concern in which case laser treatment is the best resolution. Traditional surgery would incapacitate the patient in several ways, chiefly in not being able to eat properly or talk but lasers inflict no such collateral damage.

Dentures affecting soft tissues

This happens in people who must wear dentures. The hard material can irritate soft tissues and result in the growth of tumors. Traditional surgery would need excision of the tumor and then new dentures both of which inconvenience the patient besides being expensive. Use of CO2 laser surgery leads to fast removal of such lesions, no complications or infections and fast recovery. Besides, the patient may continue using the existing dentures.

Hemangioma

Strictly speaking Hemangioma may not be a purely dental issue but the patch can occur on the face and it severely affects looks as well as self-confidence. Dentist Burwood East uses high power diode laser to obliterate hemangioma and restore the skin to a normal appearance.

Lasers are the best thing to happen to dentistry and have proved invaluable in several instances such as above. Though such cases may be rare, Dentist Burwood East handles all with meticulous care in addition to the usual laser cosmetic and endodontic treatments.