Waterlase

Use of Waterlase® may be indicated for.

Hard Tissue

General Indications*

* Class,i,III, IVand V cavity preparation

* Caries removal

Hard tissue surface roughening or etching

Enameloplasty, excavation of pits and fissures for placement of sealants

* For use on adult and pediatric patients

Root Canal Hard Tissue Indications

Tooth preparation to obtain access to root canal

Root canal preparation including enlargement

Root canal debridement and cleaning

Endodontic Surgery (Root Amputation) Indications

* Flap preparation - incision of soft tissue to prepare a flap and expose the bone.

Cutting bone to prepare a window access to the apex (apices) of the root(s).

* Apicoectomy - amputation of the root end.

Root end preparation for retrofill amalgam or composite.

Removal of pathological tissues (i.e., cysts, neoplasm or abscess) and hyperplastic tissues (i.e., granulation tissue) from around the apex

NOTE: Any tissue growth (i.e., cyst, neoplasm orother/esions)must be submitted to a qualified laboratoryfor histopathologicalevaluation.

Bone Surgical Indications

* Cutting, shaving, contouring and resection of oral osseous tissues (bone)

- Osteotomy

Laser Periodontal Procedures

* Full thickness flap

- Partial thickness flap

- Split thickness flap

Laser soft tissue curettage

* Laser removal of diseased, infected, inflamed and necrosed soft tissue within the periodontal pocket

· Removal of highly inflamed edematous tissue affected by bacteria penetration of the pocket lining and junctional epithelium

* Removal of granulation tissue from bony defects

Sulcular debridement (removal of diseased, infected, inflamed or necrosed soft tissue in the periodontal pocket to improve clinical indices including gingival index, gingival bleeding index, probe depth, attachment loss and tooth mobility)

* Osteoplasty and osseous recontouring (removal of bone to correct osseous defects and create physiologic osseous contours)

• Ostectomy (resection of bone to restore bony architecture, resection of bone for grafting, etc.)

Osseous crown lengthening

Soft Tissue Indications including Pulpal Tissues*

Incision, excision, vaporization, ablation and coagulation of oral soft tissues, including:

Excisional and incisional biopsies

Exposure of unerupted teeth

Fibmma removal

· Flap preparation - incision of soft tissue to prepare a flap and expose the bone.

* Flap preparation - incision of soft tissue to prepare a flap and expose unerupted teeth (hard and soft tissue impactions)

Frenectomy and frenotomy

Gingival troughing for crown impressions

Gingivectomy

* Gingivoplasty

• Gingival incision and excision

Hemostasis

Implant recovery

Incision and drainage of abscesses

· Laser soft tissue curettage of the post-extraction tooth sockets and the periapical area during apical surgery

Leukoplakia

Operculectomy

* Oral papillectomies

Pulpotomy

Pulp extirpation

· Pulpotomy as an adjunct to root canal therapy

Root canal debridement and cleaning

Reduction of gingival hypertrophy

· Removal of pathological tissues (ie., cysts, neoplasm or abscess) and hyperplastic tissues (ie., granulation tissue) from around the apex

NOTE: Any tissue growth (le., cyst neoplasm or other lesions) must be submitted to a qualified laboratoryfor hlstopathologicalevaluation.

• Soft tissue crown lengthening

· Treatment of canker sores, herpetic and aphthous ulcers of the oral mucosa

· Vestibuloplasty

*For use on adult and pediatric patients