Laser Dentistry: Complications and benefits

The use of laser technology is an alternative or adjunctive treatment to conventional therapy and it brings considerable benefits to dental clinical situations. It also shows advantages over conventional techniques when it is applied properly. Nevertheless, the use of laser devices can, in certain cases, induces complications with different degrees of gravity. In this oral presentation, we will focus in the different complications that can occur during or after the use of laser light in surgical and non surgical procedures, we will show also how to prevent these complications, we will focus also in the benefits of the laser assisted dentistry in solving some clinical situations over the conventional ways.

Objectives

– Presentation of the possible complications that can occur
-How to resolve it
-How to use the laser devices properly
-Benefits of laser technology comparing to conventional ways