Zakariasen K L, Boran T, MacDonald R
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5.
Alpha Omegan. 1990;83(4):65-7.
This article focuses on the emerging role of lasers in endodontic therapy, a discipline where lasers could significantly change the way we practice. The use of the CO2 laser in caries prevention therapy and laser etching is also discussed to illustrate how the same laser can be used for other important procedures in dental practice by simply varying the exposure parameters. Lasers will have a definitive place in dentistry in the future, but to be practical, one dental laser will have to be applicable to a number of therapeutic procedures. This article discusses just such a situation relating to a wide variety of endodontic procedures, caries preventive procedures, and laser etching of enamel. Due to its very favorable absorption on dental hard tissues, the CO2 laser will also undoubtedly be useful for many other procedures in dental practice.
本文重点关注激光在牙髓病治疗中日益凸显的作用，在这一学科领域，激光可能会显著改变我们的治疗方式。还讨论了二氧化碳激光在龋齿预防治疗和激光蚀刻中的应用，以说明通过简单改变照射参数，同一台激光如何用于牙科实践中的其他重要操作。激光在未来牙科领域将占据明确的一席之地，但要切实可行，一种牙科激光必须适用于多种治疗程序。本文讨论的正是这样一种情况，涉及多种牙髓病治疗程序、龋齿预防程序以及牙釉质的激光蚀刻。由于二氧化碳激光对牙齿硬组织具有非常良好的吸收性，它无疑也将在牙科实践中的许多其他操作中发挥作用。
