Hi folks: Here is a simple thing that shows how a soft tissue laser can be used to help with a crown cementation.

At high mag once I got the provisional crown off I noticed that the tissue had slumped onto the margin on the distobuccal of the tooth. I had anesthetized the patient previously so I used the Argon laser to reflect the tissue away.

It leaves some tags so often I will then use hydrogen peroxide in the Ultradent syringe with the mop thinga me jingy to swab the margin and remove the tissue tags.

I think that it became very easy to seat the crown after trimming the tissue back and the magnification showed me that the tissue was still on the margin. Argon is cool as it is the only visible wavlength and I still get a kick out of the photos that we get using the wavelength with the scope.

SImple case……….note how easy it is to see the margin on the buccal.

Here is part one of this case which was a failing onlay.

Used the erbium to retain the core with pins……..ya ya I know some of you hate the pins!!

Cya

Glenn………

Here is the link to part one of this case. It is the 4th post on the thread.

http://www.rwebstudio.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=29&topic=36