2009 Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 155-160
Lasers are widely used in the oral and maxillofacial region surgeries such as removal of benign and malignant lesions, excisional and incisional biopsies, frenectomics, and so on. The CO2 laser has been used successfully in the treatment of diseases that occur in soft tissue because of its excellent excision and hemostatic abilities, and good results have been obtained. It also can be used for procedures such as evaporation. The Nd:YAG laser light has an affinity for pigmented tissues and penetrates soft tissues more deeply than the CO2 laser. Using these characteristics, hemangiomas and vascular malformations can be treated with Nd:YAG laser. In this paper, current status of oral and maxillofacial laser surgery are reported with some case presentations.