Laser Dentistry
A different kind of dentistry
By Dr. L. Don Wilson
Signature Smile
Let’s face it,
nobody likes to go
see the dentist. It’s
just a cold, hard fact
of life! Dentists are used
as an example of all things
difficult and unpleasant, such as
“It’s like pulling teeth” or “That’s
about as pleasant as a root canal.”
Dentists try to counteract this
perception in everything we do. We
hire friendly receptionists to make
with state-of-the-art dental equipment.
Yet, we inevitably break that mood as
soon as two things happen. One, we
bring out the anesthetic syringe for the
proverbial “Shot,” and two, we step on
the foot pedal and introduce the whine
and vibration of the proverbial “Drill.”
I have been a dentist more than 35
years, and we are on the “cutting
edge” of technology. But, at the end
of the day, we have not been able to
eliminate the “Shot,” the “Drill,” and
virtually noiseless, and anesthesia-free
for the majority of procedures.
Whoa! What did you just say? You
read it correctly. Anesthesia-Free
and, yes, that means NO SHOT, NO
DRILL, and NO NUMB LIP!
Are you kidding me? You mean I can
now go to the dentist and have a cavity filled without getting a shot and a
numb lip? Plus, I don’t have to listen to
that dreaded drill? Big fat, YES! You
got it!
How is this possible? In January of
2014 Convergent Dental introduced the
Solea Dental Laser. It is the only 9300
nanometer wavelength CO2 with FDA
approval available in the world. Solea
operates at a unique wavelength with
sophisticated, yet simple, computer
controls that enable high-speed, precision cutting. Solea uses an oxygen-18
isotope and other modifications to
match the peak absorption
of hydroxyapatite (tooth
structure) which allows
it to actually “Vaporize
Tooth Enamel.” Solea’s
powerful 9300 nanometer
beam is optimized by galvos, computer-controlled
motors that move mirrors
inside the handpiece. The
mirrors manipulate the
beam thousands of times
per second, creating patterns that are perfect for
the vaporization of tooth
structure. Galvos are a
key component in Computer Aided Preparation (CAP), which
provides speed, accuracy, and control
unprecedented in any dental laser. And
because it allows us to eliminate the
injection of anesthetics and sharp burs
spinning in drills at 250,000 rpm, the
Solea Dental Laser is perfectly safe!
But I thought dental lasers have been
around for 15 years? Yes, that is true.
We have been using lasers for every
one of those 15 years. In fact, I have
taught dentists all over the country how
to use those lasers from years past. But
this is a new day and a totally different
laser. Where other lasers fell short, the
new Solea laser delivers. This is
the laser dentists and patients
have been waiting to see
for 15 years – and now
it is here!
This is
the biggest
countermeasure I
have ever found
to the bad image of dentistry. Soon
pain and anxiety will be a thing of the
past, because Solea completely changes what it means to go to the dentist!
world that have a Solea laser. Signature Smile is excited to be one of the
selected dental offices to introduce this
complete paradigm shift in traditional
dentistry. Best of all, we have one in
both locations – Florence and Bridge
Street in Huntsville.
Thanks to Solea we are able to
deliver a different kind of
dentistry. If you don’t like
Shots, and you don’t enjoy
the whine of the Drill, and
you hate having to leave
the dental office with a
Numb Lip, then laser
dentistry with the new
Solea laser might just be
what the doctor ordered.
It’s a Different Experience than anything you
have ever had before. It’s a
Different Day in the dental
profession. No more shots,
no more drills, and no
more numb lips. It’s Solea
Laser Dentistry ... a Different Kind of
Dentistry.
For more infomation on this new
technology find Signature Smile online
at www.76smile.com or Convergent
Dental at www.convergentdental.com.
This is the biggest
countermeasure I have
ever found to the bad image of dentistry. Soon pain
and anxiety will be a thing
of the past, because Solea
completely changes what it
means to go to the dentist!
phone calls to our office as pleasant as
possible. We decorate the office with
soothing colors and
play calming background music. We
provide patients
with comfortable
treatment chairs
that heat, massage,
and surround them
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the “Numb Lip” – until recently!
It is a different day in dentistry!
Enter Solea. Solea is the first CO2
(carbon dioxide) laser system ever
cleared by the FDA for hard tissue
(teeth) and soft tissue (gums) ablation or vaporization. Did you get what
I just said? We can now remove the
decay from teeth or treat gums with a
laser and not a drill. It’s fast, precise,
Will every dental office have one
of the new Solea lasers? Perhaps at
some point in the future, but it will
take several years for dentists around
the country to learn and adopt this new
technology. There are currently only
about 20 private dental offices in the
“As one of the most experienced and knowledgeable
laser dentists in the country, Dr. Wilson is an ideal
early user of Solea. We are very excited about the
pivotal role Dr. Wilson will play in educating dentists
throughout the country and around the world on Solea
and the new era in anesthesia-free, pain-free dentistry.”
Michael J. Cataldo,CEO
Convergent Dental
www.readhealthyhorizons.com
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