After years of stagnation, all signs point to a significant revival of the laser market. This became obvious during this year’s DGL Congress, as visitor numbers have doubled compared to last year’s event and scientific contributions covered a broad spectre of topics and various wavelengths. For instance, wavelengths of 450 nm were rediscovered, which 20 years ago featured argon lasers exclusively and today is represented by modern diode-laser technology. The field of CO2 lasers (1,060 nm), which has been dominating the laser market in the previous years, was not only revived but it has “mutated”: A new CO2 wavelength of 9,300 nm was introduced, which is now applied in dentistry for the first time...
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