The Picasso Lite diode laser can be used to perform a wide range of soft-tissue surgical periodontal and endodontic procedures.
Some of its uses include:
- laser soft tissue curettage
- laser removal of diseased, infected, inflamed and necrosed soft tissue within the periodontal pocket
- removal of highly inflamed edematous tissue affected by bacteria penetration of the pocket lining and junctional epithelium
- sulcular debridement (removal of diseased or inflamed soft tissue in the periodontal pocket to improve clinical indices including: gingival index, gingival bleeding index, probe depth, attachment loss and tooth mobility)
- exposure of unerupted teeth
- fibroma removal
- frenectomy and frenotomy
- gingival troughing for crown impressions
- gingivectomy and gingivoplasty
- gingival incision and excision
- hemostatis and coagulation
- implant recovery
- incision and drainage of abscess
- leukoplakia
- operculectomy
- oral papillectomies
- reduction of gingival hypertrophy
- soft tissue crown lengthening
- treatment of canker sores, herpetic and aphthous ulcers of the oral mucosa
- vestibuloplasty
