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Lasers in Dentistry—Current Concepts pp 231–243Cite as

Laser-Assisted Pediatric Dentistry

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The progress of laser application in dentistry is continuous. There are many debates between researchers, clinicians, and scientists who try to carry on research within and with respect to clinical everyday dental practice. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry acknowledges using lasers as scientifically documented, alternative, and/or adjunctive treatment provision methods of soft and hard tissue management for infants, children, adolescents, and persons with disabilities. The aim of this chapter is to describe the indications for their use in various therapeutic procedures in pediatric dentistry and to analyze the advantages and disadvantages compared to traditional techniques. Together with the appropriate child’s psychological management, proper presentation and approach with the laser is crucial. The technological evolution of dental lasers offers the possibility of completing several therapeutic procedures, such as removing carious dental tissue in permanent and deciduous teeth, usually with less or no anesthesia, performing laser-assisted pulpotomy and pulpectomy, soft tissue interventions, dental trauma, etc. Depending on the treatment procedure and the targeted chromophores, all laser wavelengths could be used (e.g., KTP, diodes, Nd:YAG, erbium family lasers, CO2).

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    Konstantinos Arapostathis DDS, MSc, PhD

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    Donald J. Coluzzi

  2. Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Steven P.A. Parker

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Arapostathis, K. (2017). Laser-Assisted Pediatric Dentistry. In: Coluzzi, D., Parker, S. (eds) Lasers in Dentistry—Current Concepts. Textbooks in Contemporary Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51944-9_11

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