Laser Dentist
Laser Dental work made easy.
Imagine going to the Dentist and not having the dentist poke your teeth with an explorer or a pick to see if you have a cavity. First, you are worried that the pick is going to slip and stab you or it could even break off in your tooth. Second, how about the fact that a hole is being made in your tooth so that germs can get in and three, the bacteria in your teeth are being spread from tooth to tooth!
Laser Dental Treatment at Pearly Whites Laser Dentistry is unlike anything you have seen. We use a Diagnodent laser light (painless) that is calibrated to your specific enamel density and then the laser dental light is passed over the grooves of your teeth to see if there are any cavities or if that dark spot is just a stain.
Imagine having the bacteria painlessly killed in the pockets around your teeth before the tartar and calculus (kinda like barnacles) is scraped off. Usually, the tartar is scraped off and then your gums are sore the next two days!
With Laser Dentistry we use a Diode laser and painlessly decontaminate the pockets around your teeth to prevent the bacteria from going into your bloodstream (the bacterial plaque on your teeth is found to be the same bacterial plaque found in hearts with heart disease). When we remove that bacterial plaque before removing the tartar on your teeth we decrease the soreness typically experienced.
Imagine having water cutting the decay out of your teeth (in most cases without a shot!) instead of a drill that heats up, grinds and causes micro fractures in your enamel causing you pain. Not to mention the clamp and rubber dam (ouch!) and being numb for hours. Also, not knowing where your teeth bite after the filling is done because you are numb, you now have to go back to the dentist and waste more time because your tooth is high and it has to be drilled again!
Laser Dental treatments also use an Erbium laser that activates a fine stream of room temperature water to cut the decay out of your tooth much like a microscopic power washer. Most folks don't need a shot unless they are sensitive to water when the laser is used to remove decay.
This laser dental treatment also decontaminates the tooth preparation (killing the decay causing bacteria) to prevent the tooth from re-decaying under the new filling.
