Dental Technology

08/18/2005
Would you rather have a dental drill or a beam of light in your mouth? Laser dentistry has made significant strides in the past few years. My partner and daughter, Katherine Hefner, and I recently attended a laser update in Chicago. A company called Lumenis is taking over the dental -- medical laser technology. One machine about the size of a television stand has two lasers, one for soft tissue (biopses, cheek and gums) and one for hard tissue (tooth and bone). While the machine has a multiple functions, I'm going to point out how it differs from old-fashioned drilling: 90 percent of the time, no anesthetic is needed.

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