Dental Laser

WEBVTT 00:00:05.233 --> 00:00:08.020 Most traditional dental tool is the dental drill, 00:00:08.100 --> 00:00:10.894 and the Solea laser basically replaces that. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:15.733 It's a CO2 laser, which is basically a concentrated light energy 00:00:15.833 --> 00:00:19.560 that we use to vaporize not only hard tissue structures like teeth 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:25.400 to fill cavities, but soft tissues. So we can do frenectomies with the laser 00:00:25.467 --> 00:00:27.240 as well as gingivectomies 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:30.054 and uncovering of teeth for orthodontics. 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:36.033 I think the biggest benefit is the fact that we don't have to use anesthesia, 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:39.900 we don't have to numb the patient 95% of the time, 00:00:39.999 --> 00:00:42.840 so it produces an analgesic pain relieving effect. 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:45.433 And most patients can tolerate procedures without numbing, 00:00:45.500 --> 00:00:47.263 so the procedure goes more quickly 00:00:47.463 --> 00:00:50.200 and they can leave the office without being numb for hours. 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.267 The recovery time is much reduced with the Solea laser. 00:00:54.333 --> 00:00:59.480 Minor discomfort that can be managed with ibuprofen and Tylenol, 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:05.067 but considerably less than traditional procedures using the dental drill 00:01:05.133 --> 00:01:06.233 or a scalpel.