The new LightWalker hard- and soft-tissue dental laser system from Fotona was launched at IDS 2011. The system offers different kinds of dental applications and, according to the manufacturer, will go on to change the face of dentistry in the coming years.

This was what the Drs Ladislav Grad and Matjaz Lukac had to say about the about the benefits of the system for general dentists, as well as specialists.

The LightWalker has two laser sources which gives a range of dental applications. The laser can be used in all different dental specialties be it the likes of endodontics, periodontics, conservative dentistry, tooth whitening, and others as well. Fotona is a manufacturer of medical lasers and well known in the field of surgical and dermatological lasers. They are able to use this background to be able to use lasers for other uses as well. Lasers in fact can help dentists to go on and perform aesthetic treatments be it facial hair removal or removal of vascular lesions. The good news is that these new age lasers are perfect for surgical procedures as well such as the treatment for leukoplakia in an invasive way rather than the invasive procedure that was traditionally there. These new age lasers can also be used to vaporize these lesions so that there is no accompanying bleeding or trauma. This is a great benefit to the patients and doctors as well. These lasers can be shared by different doctors such as dentists, cosmetologists and dermatologists as well.

These lasers have gone on to pool in all the experience and come up with the latest and most advanced of technology. There are other things such as these lasers can be used for root-canal therapy and this is what makes the procedure simpler. It can at the same time be used for a teeth whitening program as well. The laser is extremely gentle on the teeth and yet shortens the whitening time considerably. The quantum square pulse (QSP) technology that is used in these new lasers allows it to be more effective and have greater precision because the laser beam is not affected by hard-tissue debris. The cut that emits from the laser provides a perfect cut and results in higher levels of precision and maximum tooth preservation in hard-tissue treatments.