Lasers And Its Advantages In Endodontics- A Review

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Alemete Suryanarayanan Kamali, Deepti, J V, Arumugam Karthick, Venkatachalam Prakash, Andro S

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Since Maiman's invention of the ruby laser in 1960 and Weichman's use of the laser for endodontics in 1971, various papers have been written about possible applications of laser endodontics. This paper seeks to outline laser applications, such as in pulp diagnostics, dental hypersensitiveness, pulp-capping and pulpotomy, root canal sterilization, root canal forming, and shielding and apicectomy. The laser results are also reviewed on the walls of the root canal and periodontal tissue. The article discusses the role Lasers have played in endodontics since the early 1970s, provides a summary of several recent scientific papers and outlines how the endodontic laser future could hold. With several new laser wavelengths and modes of possible supply, a lot of interest is growing in this exciting area.


 

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