Hartsdale, NY @ SkinCentre, Croton-On-Hudson, NY 914-271-6225  |
Laser Dentistry
Patient Benefits
In the end, dentistry is all about the patient and so for a new technology to gain rapid and widespread acceptance you, the patient, must benefit. Here's how you will benefit from laser usage in dentistry:1) Fear of needles: The best performing dental lasers can be used to perform almost all common cavity preparation procedures without the need for patient anesthesia. Patients don't like injections, even when they don't hurt!
2) Dislike of numbness: Patients prefer not to become numb or leave the dental practice after a procedure numb. And, many patients feel anxious from physiological reactions to commonly used anesthetics. A high performance dental laser eliminates this negative in many instances.
3) Dislike of drill noise and vibration: Highspeed handpiece cavity preparation involves significant objectionable noise and vibration for the patient and they dislike it. The sound of a laser is not objectionable and no vibration is transmitted to the patient as the tip of the laser never even needs to contact the tooth!
4) One stop shopping- We have found that ownership of a good quality laser with gum tissue capability allows us to perform many more soft tissue (ie. gum tissue) procedures more simply, with little or no bleeding post operative due to a laser's ability to coagulate as it cuts. This means referring our patients less to specialists. Our patients prefer to have their dental procedures performed here whenever possible. We can now offer treatment for moderate gum disease right in our office! Add to this that many soft tissue laser procedures can be performed without anesthetic and dislike of needles and numbness comes into play again.
5) Preservation of healthy tooth structure: In general cavity preparations performed with lasers preserve more healthy tooth structure while avoiding the micro-cracking of healthy enamel associated with dental handpiece use.
6) Laser procedures often result in less post operative discomfort.
7) Better Overall Care- Equiped with laser technology, we are armed with more and better treatment options than without a laser, resulting in delivery of the very best, state of the art care possible for our patient's.
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