Lasers in Operative Dentistry and Endodontics

covers an up-to-date review on lasers in dentistry focussing on operative dentistry and endodontics. It gives the dental students a basic idea of underlying physics, uses, advantages and disadvantages of lasers.

Lasers have widespread applications in communication, defence, industry and medicine as well as dentistry. An essential condition for the proper and successful use of lasers in any specialty is an understanding of the characteristics and limitations of wavelengths, interaction with tissues, mode of transmission, delivery systems and settings.