Guest guest Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 Sounds like wonderful news to me. I dunno about less pain, because I had none. I'm sure the lasers still bruise the tissues, but I would think they cauterize the tissues as they go, bringing less pain. (Hey -- I'm no doc, and just guessing, here.) I do know that some general dentists now use the laser to replace, by and large, the drill, which sounds WONDERFUL!!! to me. (I still remember, from the time I was 6, 50+ years ago, the old, slow, water-cooled drills, which were purely awful in terms of pain, sound, heat, shooting up spirals of tooth tissue, just everything.) How marvelous! I want no part of clinging to the past, if we can get on with a future that serves us better! Cammie > I was talking to one of my ortho's staff today and she answered some general procedural questions I had about the surgery ( she had it done 10 years ago). She said all my surgeons patients are now done using laser instead of traditional methods (a saw I assume...???) she said it is much less pain, bleeding and healing time than ever before. My ortho said I would only be in two rubber bands for 3 weeks after the surgery and should be on a soft diet by then. I am much more at ease thinking now about the surgery. I hope the consult with the surgeon is as good news as my talk with the ortho and his staff today.... anyone else hear about laser use in the surgery? > > > Thanks, > > Kev > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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