San Antonio, TX Laser Dentistry

This is a great question! Perhaps you’ve already had a dental procedure done using lasers and you didn’t even realize it. Lasers can be used for a host of different dental treatments including:

• Performing biopsies
• Whitening teeth
• Hardening dental resin (for dental bonding, fillings, and veneers)
• Treating root canal infections
• Reshaping and contouring gums and bone tissue
• Treating gum disease
• Removing excess gum tissue
• Exposing partially erupted teeth
• Reducing canker and cold sore pain

You’ll enjoy a multitude of advantages when we use laser dentistry over traditional methods. In fact, sometimes the laser is able to completely eliminate the need for a drill or even anesthesia. For many of our patients, not needing to get needles prior to treatment is a major plus.

Lasers are also very precise instruments, more so than regular manual instruments. This means it can target and treat problem areas more accurately and efficiently. And just in case this wasn’t enough, laser dentistry can also reduce your recovery time. Since laser dentistry is more precise it can reduce the chances of post-procedural bleeding and discomfort and improve your healing time.

Dental lasers are also completely safe when used by one of our trained medical staff. Before you receive laser dentistry at Alamo Kids Dental, we will provide you with protective eyewear to wear during your treatment (just as you would wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from the sun while outside).