Hi folks: When I first got the laser I only used it on hard tissue.

One day a friend of mine Don Coluzzi told me that I should try it out without anesthetic to cut soft tissue.

Thats all he really said.

Well, I knew I had a soft tissue tip (first pic the left hand side tip) which looked like a sharp point.

Soft tissue tip was supposed to be used on soft tissue, well that was my first mistake and I notched the cementum because I used the wrong tip and in addition I also didnt use caution with the angulation , being perpendicular to the Class V instead of parallel to the tooth.

I notched the cementum (as you can see) and learned to use a regular tip , parallel to the tooth like in the case I just showed you.

I also started putting cord in the pocket to prevent iatrogenic errors.

THe healing was fine but I learned from my mistakes.

There are one week and 6 month healing photos at the end.

The key photo is the 4th one showing the magnified view and you can see how I etched the cementum by mistake with pitting in several areas.

Glenn