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Multipurpose Lasers in Dentistry 1999
Author(s):
Ronald Goldstein, DDS
Date Added:
1/10/1999
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Summary:
Few professions have worked as hard as dentistry to convince the public of the value of its services and especially to make these services as attractive as possible. Of no minor importance is the realization that patients want and appreciate dentistry's efforts to make dental visits more pleasant. Efforts to communicate advancement in dentistry is seen in written advertisements, as well as television coverage of just how painless and high-tech a visit to the dentist has become. Helping improve the public's perception that dentistry has come a long way since the "old-fashioned drill" is the addition of lasers to the dentists' armamentarium.
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