 |
|
| Home About the Doctors Before and After Testimonials FAQ Links Meet our Team Contact Us |
| Financing Options Goals and Philosophy Our Services Technologies and Comforts |
| Laser Assisted Cosmetic and Restorative Dental
Care Gerald P. Weiner, DDS & Craig R. Brandon, DDS |
|
|
Lasers Our office is proud to boast of having the most lasers in San Diego County to best treat any patient. A laser is an instrument that produces a very narrow, intense beam of light energy which may or may not be visible to the human eye. When laser light comes in contact with tissue, it causes a reaction. The beam of light produced by the laser has the ability to remove, vaporize, or shape soft tissues (gums, cheeks, and tongue) or hard tissues (removal of decay). Both our doctors and hygienists have been specially trained in laser dental care.
Lasers can be used to reverse gum damage and regenerate lost support, doing so in the most comfortable manner possible. In many cases, patients who thought their only option was painful gum surgery have been amazed by laser assisted surgical gum treatments. Lasers can also be used to remove decay in a comfortable, minimally invasive way. Special lasers are used often without numbing or using anesthesia to do a filling. This is a big hit with the kids, as well as the adult patients who are fearful or experience "dread" of the dental drill. As it is very comfortable and quick, you will be very pleased with the laser when it is used to treat your cavities.Some of the advantages to using the laser to do fillings
are complete comfort and the fact that it can do things with
far more preicision than the dental drill. There is also no
noise or vibration like that which is normally associated with
a drill. There is less tooth removal, seeing as the lasers are Lasers are also used in an office to modify gums and other
soft tissue. Many times we can reverse recession of the gums
and painlessly improve smiles with the newer, more advanced
"Gum Lift". Procedures made popular by TV Shows like "Extreme
Makeover, The Swan, and Nip & Tuck". Gummy Smiles can be
treated painlessly and the improvements to your appearance are
amazing. Lasers are also used during orthodontic (braces) treatment to control gum swelling and improve the shape of the gums following braces. Sometimes, over the months and years of wearing braces, gums become unattractively thick, bulbous, and poorly shaped. Gum contouring with lasers are a popular way to reverse this and provide our patients with beautiful smiles. It has been said that the smile is like a painting. The teeth are the painting, the gums are the frame. Take a look at some of your favorite actors or actresses in the magazines and notice how perfect the gums frame their beautiful smiles. With lasers, you too can have this kind of beautiful smile.
Minimally Invasive Dentistry
Gum Recontouring
Photo Biological Effects of Low Level
Laser Therapy
An exciting non-surgical use of laser light enhances many regenerative dental procedures and heeling. Special laser hand-pieces provide the finishing touches to both conventional and laser dentistry. Set at about 450 mw, this form of laser treatment when shined on recently treated areas of the mouth produces the amazing phenomenon of “Biostimulation”; that increases blood flow (critical in healing), reduces swelling and inflammation, greatly reduces pain receptors, and increases cellular healing through increased production and “good” enzymes and cellular rejuvenation. Our office has been amazed (as have the plastic surgeons, oral surgeons, neurologists, and orthopedic surgeons) at the rapid healing and reduced bruising and swelling when low-level laser therapy is used. Root canal treatment, gum treatment, oral surgery, TMJ Treatments, and routine crowns and fillings are much more comfortable when exposed to the Bio-stimulatory laser light. Used for many years in Europe and Scandinavia, Biostimulation is finally making its way to the United States. Just as stem cell research is uncovering the bodies ability to direct cell formation and treat so many terrible degenerative diseases. Low lever laser therapy can also stimulate cells to regenerate bone faster, integrate dental implants more reliably, and reduce pain from root canal work and extractions. Our doctors are very excited to bring this exciting modality to our patients. The best news of all is that we use Biostimulation routinely for better, more comfortable results in our dental care at no additional fee. Bing on the cutting edge of technology and the latest dental advances is a benefit our patients enjoy. Our office is proud to offer this exciting use of laser energy. Pamphlets: Diagnodent: Here Biolase
Clinical Laser Institute For more on what lasers can do, why not check out the Gums Section?
Full List of our Dental Office services in San Diego |
||||||||||
Dr. Weiner is especially knowledgeable,
as he trains other doctors in how to do laser dentistry. He
has authored numerous scientific articles and lectured
extensively at various dental meetings. He is considered one
of America's finest experts in the field of Lasers in
Dentistry.
