Laser Dentistry Edmonton
Medical professionals use lasers, which are extremely focused light beams, to alter or remove tissue in small amounts. Dentists use lasers in a variety of procedures involving the inside of the mouth, be it to remove overgrown tissue, to reshape the gums, or to whiten teeth. Sometimes, laser dentistry is ideal for children who become anxious or afraid when having dental work done.
What Laser Dentistry Can Treat
Most issues laser dentistry treats are related to the gums. Some of these include:
- Canker sore and cold sore pain treatments.
- Treating root canal infections.
- Treating gum disease.
- Removing gum inflammation.
- Gum reshaping.
- Biopsies.
- Exposing wisdom teeth.
- Removing throat tissue that causes sleep apnea.
- Regenerating damaged nerves.
- Removing benign oral tumours.
Gingival Contouring Surgery
Are your gums covering too much or too little of your teeth? This can now be fixed by a simple cosmetic dental laser procedure called gingival contouring. Although, in most cases, gingival contouring is done for cosmetic reasons, it is also done for oral health reasons
Poor dental hygiene can cause deep pockets in the gum and can lead to accumulation of plaque. Gingival sculpting can correct the oral issues like this too along with excessive gingival, papillae loss and exposed root surfaces in the mouth.
Treating Cold Sore
Cold sores usually heal on their own. However, if a cold sore lingers and bothers too much it can be treated using ointments or pills. Such cold sore treatments usually help in reducing the painful symptoms and treat the sore one or two day prior to the natural healing.
A very effective and immediate treatment is via laser. Laser treatment can be done on the sore at the time when one feels the tingling sensation suggesting the oncoming sore or can be even done when the cold sore is already there and is yet to break out. Cold sore treatment through laser is an effective way of reducing the discomfort caused by the lesion and it also decreases the occurrence of such sores.