What is the difference between a diode laser and a hard and soft tissue laser?
Lasers are differentiated by wavelength. So, Diode lasers have a different wavelength than an all tissue laser. Diode lasers, which are on the lower end of the cost scale, are soft tissue lasers only. All tissue lasers (hard/soft tissue lasers) are more expensive, but also do dramatically more than a soft tissue laser can do. Both lasers, I believe, are tremendously useful. Q: Why type do you use? A: I use an all tissue laser (hard and soft tissue laser), the WaterLase MD. My experience has been that by using this kind of laser, I am able to do all of my soft tissue procedures with topical anesthetic only, no injections (needle-free). Cutting bone with my MD requires injectable anesthetic always. Also, with a hard and soft tissue laser you can stop the nerve impulse that registers pain from tooth to the brain, which means you can do routine restorative procedures on teeth with thinner enamel using laser numbing (called laser conditioning) with a fair degree of certainly that the patien
