Hi Allen: I have been using a metal matrix for all my isolation either a cut tofflemire strip like this one I did today, or an interguard from Ultradent which I have shown before. It protects the adjacent tooth and seems to reflect the laser energy and give you faster cuts on the tooth.

In this case I used a 400 micron tip with the Delight laser. A cut tofflemire was used in this case for isolation.
I used a rubber dam with topical (one touch by Hagar) and didnt use any anesthetic except that.

Settings were 30Hz and 100-120 Mj which was quite high for the enamel and then I lowered it to 70 mj for the decay. Used a tiny bur for the last little bit.

Patient rated pain as 0 out of 100. In addition patient has alot of attrition. I used marks nice felt type instrument which is very thin and I like it alot for sculpting the composite.

I finished the case with burs and polishing cups.

Glenn

Allen,

And you BELIEVED me????

Glad it worked out…….WHEW!!!

Bob

Okey Dokey Alan, I’ll keep that in mind!

Thanks for the compliment. Glad you like the beard. My wife doesn’t want me to shave it.

Are you going to head up to Destin next week for the ALD?

Bob