Pick R M, Powell G L
Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, Illinois.
Dent Clin North Am. 1993 Apr;37(2):281-96.
Dentistry has entered the 1990s, an era of high technology. The dental laser offers the dentist not only a window, but a door into this high-tech arena. All of the advantages lasers offer, from bloodless procedures to minimal postoperative pain and from reduction of operative time to high patient acceptance, indicate that lasers are great dental instruments for today and the future. As a futuristic idea, the ideal laser for dentistry would be able to work well, not only in soft tissue, but in hard tissue. Envision a laser with multiple wavelengths in the same unit: one for incision, another for removal of hard tissue, and yet still another for making tissue "sticky" for flap placement and tissue welding. So often dentists are associated with pain, fear, and the noise of the high-speed drill. The laser certainly helps to dispel these stereotypes and apprehensions, and to bring dentistry into a new era.
牙科已步入20世纪90年代，这是一个高科技时代。牙科激光不仅为牙医提供了一扇窗口，更是打开了通往这个高科技领域的一扇大门。激光所具备的所有优势，从无血操作到术后轻微疼痛，从缩短手术时间到患者高度接受度，都表明激光是当今及未来出色的牙科器械。作为一个前瞻性的想法，理想的牙科激光不仅要能在软组织中良好工作，还要能在硬组织中发挥作用。设想一种在同一设备中具备多种波长的激光：一种用于切割，另一种用于去除硬组织，还有一种用于使组织“黏合”以便进行皮瓣放置和组织焊接。牙医常常与疼痛、恐惧以及高速牙钻的噪音联系在一起。激光无疑有助于消除这些刻板印象和担忧，将牙科带入一个新时代。
