Imagine this scenario: a child walks into a dentist office for the first time. She hears the sound of a dental drill. The sound intensifies as she starts to get anxiety, wishing she hadn’t eaten all the candy that gave her this cavity. As she is led to her designated room, she looks into the rooms of other patients and becomes frightened. She sees dust rising off of teeth, knuckles turning white from gripping the arm rests, needles used to inject anesthetics, and tears running down the faces of patients. “Does it have to be this way?” she wonders. Actually, no. With the use of dental lasers, all of these scenarios can be bypassed. Dental lasers can help patients become happier when coming to the dentist, can lower the use of anesthetics, and…show more content… This allows for more pain and more money spent by the patients because those micro-fractures can make teeth become sensitive to different things, such as ice cream or hot coffee. Additionally, lasers do not cause as much pain, and there is not as much trauma inflicted on the patient because lasers to not require the help of a scalpel to cut through the gums (Bhandari at al 16-19). Not using a scalpel means that the patients do not have as high a chance to get an infection because lasers help in the disinfection of bacteria in the mouth, gums and other areas being operated on. Also, lasers leave lower chances of swelling, scarring, or an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body (Bhandari at al 16-19). This is beneficial to the patients because it means that if they have to work a full time job, they get to spend less time in pain from the swelling, and they can focus on what is in store for them. Lastly, lasers cause little or no aching (“Biolase, Inc.”). Most patients yearn for a painless visit to the dentist; they just didn’t know it could happen. With lasers, this is attainable. Patients are not being hurt, and they don’t feel like there is a war going on inside their mouth between their teeth and the treacherous conventional hand piece that likes to destroy and eradicate the bad and some good dentin in their…show more content… Lasers can be used on pregnant women and children without them having to take medications for allergic reactions or bacterial resistance (“Advantages and Limitations” 1). This means that pregnant women don’t have to worry about losing or having permanent damage to their teeth during pregnancy when they need a root canal but can’t have it done because they can’t take the prescribed antibiotics. Lasers contribute qualities that make operations run more smoothly. For example, surgical field is seen easier and stays dry (Bhandari at al 16-19). This allows dentists to work faster because they don’t have to wait for the dental assistant to suction the operation area as often. Lasers also use natural light, which means little bleeding or disturbance to the tissue (“Biolase, Inc.”). This allows for the tissues to swell less because they are not agitated as much as they would be if the operations would be made with the conventional hand drill. Some lasers are petite in size to insure comfort (“Oral Care”). The petite size allows dentists to obtain maximum range when operating on patients with smaller
