The Use of Lasers in Dental Materials: A Review

Materials

Ioannis G. Tzoutzas¹  Emmanouil-George C. Tzanakakis¹  Eudoxie Pepelassi²  Petros Koidis³  Evangelos Skoulas⁴ 

[1] Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece;Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece;Department of Prosthodontics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 70013 Heraklion, Greece;

关键词: laser;    zirconia;    surface texturing;    sintering;    titanium;    surface micro-topography;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma14123370

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Lasers have been well integrated in clinical dentistry for the last two decades, providing clinical alternatives in the management of both soft and hard tissues with an expanding use in the field of dental materials. One of their main advantages is that they can deliver very low to very high concentrated power at an exact point on any substrate by all possible means. The aim of this review is to thoroughly analyze the use of lasers in the processing of dental materials and to enlighten the new trends in laser technology focused on dental material management. New approaches for the elaboration of dental materials that require high energy levels and delicate processing, such as metals, ceramics, and resins are provided, while time consuming laboratory procedures, such as cutting restorative materials, welding, and sintering are facilitated. In addition, surface characteristics of titanium alloys and high strength ceramics can be altered. Finally, the potential of lasers to increase the adhesion of zirconia ceramics to different substrates has been tested for all laser devices, including a new ultrafast generation of lasers.

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