A compendium of principles and practice of laser biophotonics in oral medicine / Fakir Mohan Debta, Ekagrata Mishra, Neha Patyal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Debta, Fakir Mohan, author.

Mishra, Ekagrata, author.

Patyal, Neha, author.

Series:

Dentistry and Oral Sciences

Dentistry and oral sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"Photonics is a light-based optical technology that is considered as the leading technology for the new millennium. The science of light generation, manipulation, transmission, and measurement is known as photonics. The application of photonics technologies and principles to medicine and life sciences is known as biophotonics. Laser (Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is one of the most important inventions of the twentieth century in biophotonic technology. In the field of oral medicine, lasers have a multitude of preventive, therapeutic and adjunctive applications. Applications in clinical scenarios like orofacial pain, temporomandibular joint disorders, potentially malignant disorders of oral mucosa, herpes, recurrent apthous ulcers, burning mouth syndrome, nerve repair, laser and antimicrobial photodynamic therapies in cancer patients, non-neoplastic proliferative lesions of oral soft tissue, and vascular lesions have shown promising results. Lasers also aid in optically enhanced diagnosis of oral lesions using florescence, coherence and spectroscopic techniques. This endeavor, entitled A Compendium of Principles and Practice of Laser Biophotonics in Oral Medicine, is a concise but comprehensive body of information, written in a simple tone, attempting to cruise the readers' vision through every perspective, to seek objective information on all aspects of the instrument and its uses, fostering a preliminary step towards efficient laser diagnosis and therapy. This book facilitates exploration of physical concepts with lucidity without getting engrossed in excruciating jargon"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

History of lasers

The laser device

The laser beam

Laser-tissue interactions

Laser terminologies and dosimetry

Laser hazards and contraindications

Laser safety

Low power lasers and their applications

Lasers in oral potentially malignant disorders

Surgical lasers and their applications

Laser diagnostics

Miscellaneous applications of lasers.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Debta, Fakir Mohan A Compendium of Principles and Practice of Laser Biophotonics in Oral Medicine

ISBN:

9781685075163