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| industry The application of erbium laser in dental surgery Author: Dr Kinga Grzech-Lesniak, Poland Laser therapy has become a real and extremely promising alternative to classical surgical ap- proaches in dental surgery. Beside their cutting and tissue ablating power, the lasers have a number of effects on tissues which can be used in healing en- hancement. The application of high-power lasers in dental surgery has been known for many years. The literature gives the examples of laser usage in proce- dures such as frenectomy, operculectomy, prepara- tion of the prosthetic field, removal of the lesions of the oral mucosa. Lasers are described as particularly useful tools because of their coagulation properties, especially in hard-to-reach areas, where suturing or hemostasis is difficult. The use of Er:YAG laser with a wavelength of 2,940 nm to perform almost end-to-end flap pro- cedures is no more a novelty described in the litera- ture and neither is it controversial. On the contrary, it has been observed that the time needed for the pro- cedure and wound healing is shorter and generates lower cost. Figs. 1–3: Pre-op situation. Figs. 4–6: Incision along the bursa gingivalis from the vestibular side with the use of Varian/H14 fiber (Fotona). Fig. 1 Fig. 3 Fig. 2 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 32 laser 1 2017