The OPTISMILE Podcast 132 - Laser Dentistry 2.0, Can a Laser Replace the Drill?
Welcome back to Save Your Money, Save Your Teeth. In the previous episode, Eon Engelbrecht and Dr Clifford Yudelman looked at bioactive fillings, the smart materials that help a tooth protect itself. This episode turns to the tool that does the cutting, and asks whether a laser can really replace the dental drill.
They cover how hard tissue erbium lasers remove enamel and decay, why most practices that advertise laser dentistry only have soft tissue lasers, whether lasers really do away with the drill sound and the injection, how precise lasers are, and whether they can overheat a tooth. They…
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