Glenn,

I guess we both not reading very well.  😉

Ron’s post was about a 10 milliwatt LLLT laser of the 809nm wavelength.  (an 809-nm diode laser operated at a power output of 10 mW in the continuous wave (cw) mode at energy fluences of 1.96-7.84 Jcm-2).  

I transposed the numbers from 809 to 908 confusing you and others….oops.  Sorry.

The point for newbies is that all lasers in the near-infrared 800 to 1500 will have a similar effect, whether used in Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) with a 10 to 250mw biostimulation laser (with no surgical capability), or High Level Laser Therapy (HLLT) using the lasers you mentioned that are primarily surgical lasers with many Watts of output power (not milliwatts), but defocused have biostimulatory effects.

Thanks,

Bob

(Edited by Robert Gregg DDS at 3:19 pm on May 31, 2003)