There is a variety of surgical procedures, such as soft tissue biopsy and surgical extraction, which usually results in difficulties for haemostasis. One of the major concerns in oral surgery is to minimise bleeding and postoperative complications. Currently, a num - ber of laser wavelengths have been used in oral surgery and dentistry, including CO 2 laser, Nd:YAG laser, argon laser, diode lasers in various wavelengths, Er:YAG laser and potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser. Their applications were soft tissue procedures, such as gingivectomy and gingivoplasty, excision of tumors and lesion, incisional and excisional biopsies, frenectomy, control of bleeding in vascular lesions, arthroscopic temporomandibular joint surgery, caries diagnosis and removal...
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