Online course on laser application and growth factors in dentistry
Course programmes
1. Introduction, history, the basics, laser classification and safety standards:
- History and development of laser technology
- Basic physics:
- Nature, properties and sources of light.
- Stimulated and spontaneous emission.
- Generation of laser light (basic outline of a laser).
- Features of laser light.
- Laser transmission.
- Types of emission.
- Parametres.
- Classification of lasers according to their action mechanism.
- Safety rules for laser use.
2. Neodymium and CO2 and their clinical potential:
- Neodymium and CO2 in everyday practice: Introduction and overview of its clinical potential.
- Indications and applications in dentistry.
3. Using erbium and diode lasers in periodontology (2 hours).
- Introduction to photodynamic therapy.
- Treatment of radicular hyperesthesia.
4. The diode laser in soft tissue surgery:
- Using lasers to deal with keratinised soft tissue structures: oral mucosa labial and lingual frenula, hemangiomas, minor salivary gland tumours.
- Using lasers to deal with keratinised soft tissue structures: epulis, gingivectomy, papillomas and fibromas.
- Using a diode laser for vestibuloplasty.
- Using a KTP or 532nm laser in surgery.
5. Orthodontic laser therapy: photobiomodulation during orthodontic movement.
Use of laser technology before, during and in the finishing (bleaching) of orthodontic cases.
Before: Corticotomies
During: Photobiomodulation during movement to facilitate dental movement and decrease the pain.
6. Laser use in dental aesthetics and after orthodontic treatment:
Gingival depigmentation
7. Dental bleaching and endodontics
8. The erbium laser in dental conservation: laser interaction with enamel, dentin and cement.
Treatment of dental caries.
9. Laser periimplantitis treatment using lasers
10. The use of magnification in dentistry.
Use of L-PRF (plasma rich in platelets and leukocytes) and PRGF (plasma rich in growth factors).
Lecturers/Professors
Dr Vanessa Ruiz, Dr Isabel Sáez, Dr Patricia Bargiela, Dr Lidia Barreiro.

