Laser Dentistry in Beecroft – A Minimally Invasive Alternative to Drills and Anaesthetic
Dental anxiety including a fear of dental drills or dental injections affects around 10% of the population. The problem can impact some people in such a way that they can’t even visit the dentist when in pain or discomfort. If you can relate to this then come and talk to our team about our cutting-edge laser dentistry in Beecroft.
What Is Laser Dentistry and How Can it Help?
As the name suggests, laser dentistry utilises the latest lasers and laser technology to perform a number of dental treatments, services, and procedures.
At Beecroft Elegant Dental, our patients can benefit from treatments that involve dental laser techniques. Whereas traditionally treatments like gum contouring or oral surgery would typically involve tools like dental drills, anaesthetics, scalpels etc, nowadays patients can benefit from treatments that are minimally invasive, more comfortable, involve little or no bleeding, and usually no sutures.
How Does Laser Dentistry Work?
Laser dental care uses a combination of heat and light to treat both hard and soft tissue in a process known as ablation. Ablation works by gently removing only those tissues necessary to perform the treatment (typically one layer at a time). This means no unnecessary slicing or cutting which, in turn, results in minimal damage. In addition, as laser cuts, the tissue is immediately cauterised so there is little or no bleeding and less chance of infection.
NightLase®.
Fotona’s NightLase® therapy is a non-invasive, patient-friendly laser treatment for increasing the quality of a patient’s sleep. NightLase reduces the effects of sleep apnea and decreases the amplitude of snoring by means of a gentle, laser-induced tightening effect caused by the contraction of collagen in the oral mucosa tissue.
Endodontics
Fotona’s SSP and SWEEPS endodontic laser treatment successfully addresses a major disadvantage of classical chemo-mechanical treatment procedures: the inability to completely clean, debride and disinfect anatomically complex root canal systems.
Conservative Dentistry
Fotona’s dental lasers provide the widest range of hard-tissue drilling options available. The minimally invasive nature of Fotona’s patented VSP (Variable Square Pulse) Er:YAG technology permits precise and gentle hard-tissue ablation in enamel and dentin without heating the surrounding tooth structure.
Laser Teeth Whitening.
Fotona’s patented TouchWhite™ Tooth Whitening procedure is the fastest, most gentle and minimally invasive laser-assisted tooth whitening treatment available, utilizing the unique wavelength characteristics of Er:YAG dental lasers.
Tooth Desensitization
Relief from tooth sensitivity and unnecessary pain.
- Long term solution for sensitive teeth
- Significantly increased patient comfort
- Simple, walk in, walk out procedure
- Faster, safer and more effective
Photobiomodulation and Pain
Management
Photobiomodulation (PBM) provides a clinically proven, non-invasive solution for a wide variety of wound
healing and pain management applications, offering procedures that are:
- Highly effective at pain reduction
- Non-invasive with improved healing
- Fast & simple
- Patient and practitioner friendly
Oral Surgery.
Fotona’s dental lasers are the ideal tools for all soft-tissue treatments. Unlike conventional oral surgery
techniques, dental lasers allow soft-tissue treatments without the need for a scalpel or sutures. Surgical procedures are precise, bloodless and pain-free thanks to the simultaneous coagulation effect that occurs during laser-tissue interaction.
Peri-implantitis Treatment
Advantages of Fotona Laser Peri-implantitis Treatment:
- Minimally-invasive technique
- No thermal damage to the surrounding bone
- Fast regeneration/healing
- Reduced inflammatory response
- Greater long-term implant success
- Digitally controlled handpiece technology for unmatched levels of precision
Periodontics
Dental lasers are playing an increasingly important role in periodontology, providing fast, simple and highly effective treatments for procedures such as closed curettage, gingivoplasty, gum pigmentation removal, crown lengthening, and more.
Laser Dentistry in Beecroft – What Treatments Typically Use Lasers?
The dental laser is a revolution in dentistry. It allows us to perform the majority of dental procedures without the needles, drills, vibration and the discomfort of traditional dentistry.
With the help of laser dentistry, we can remove decay with a beam of light and water, decontaminate the tooth and improve the strength of the restoration.
There is only minimal sound associated with laser treatment, making it a pleasant relief for the dental patient who has experienced the whine of a dental drill.
Note: Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks.