Soft Tissue Laser

We are excited to now offer the Picasso dental laser in our practice, The Picasso laser is a surgical device at the cutting edge of technology, designed for a wide variety of oral soft tissue procedures. Picasso uses a solid state diode as a laser energy source. The energy is delivered to the operating area by means of a delivery system consisting of a flexible fiber connecting the laser source and the handpiece.

Advantages of the soft-tissue laser are:

• Precise removal of tissue.
• Painless
• Bloodless
• Sterile
• Quicker and more comfortable healing.

Additional treatment, the laser can be used for:

• Prevention and accelerated healing of canker sores.
• Prevention and accelerated healing of cold sores (ie. herpetic lesions).
• Reducing tooth sensitivity.
• Laser gum recontouring around teeth and dental implants
• Frenectomies (removal or recontouring of muscle attachments that pull on the gums, leading to gum recession)
• Incision and drainage of dental infections (abscesses);
• Tooth whitening.