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Abstract

LASER stands for ‘light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation’.
For more than 35 years, dentists have been using laser systems. Laser systems offer numerous benefits, including enhancing patient cooperation, shortening treatment times, and assisting orthodontists in improving a patient's smile design to increase treatment efficacy & reducing orthodontic pain and discomfort. However, there are certain disadvantages which includes cost, large space requirements for some types of lasers, and high-risk potential for orthodontist and patient if not used at the appropriate wavelength and power density.
Lasers have many applications in orthodontics, including accelerating tooth movement, bonding and debonding processes, pain reduction, bone regeneration, etching procedures, increase mini-implant stability, soft tissue procedures (gingivectomy, frenectomy, operculectomy) photo-biomodulation & anti-microbial photodynamic therapy
Therefore, this article gives information about recent advances in lasers used in orthodontics