Arpit Sikri

The word laser represents an elegant acronym as "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation". It was demonstrated for the first time in 1960 by Maiman. Since then, lasers have been used for various purposes in medicine and surgery. As far as dentistry is concerned, the treatment of carious lesions and their consequences was the center of dental treatment, but, now a day, periodontal diseases and their consequences are considered as the main danger for tooth and bone loss worldwide. With the introduction of laser in this area, very interesting and elegant perspectives have emerged, which should be integrated into the routine treatment means. The following contribution aims to show the additional advantages of laser-assisted periodontal treatment and also the limitations of periodontal laser therapy.

"Some people make things happen, some watch things happen, and some don't know anything happened." Endodontics remains a cornerstone in the foundation for dental restorative care in the 21st century. Without successful endodontics, we are unable to provide many patients with two of their most important facts - their ability to smile while displaying their natural teeth and their ability to use their natural teeth to eat with pain-free function. Dental radiology has long played an exciting and critical diagnostic role in dentistry, never truer than now with the rapidly expanding array of imaging modalities. Intraoral radiography was first used within weeks of the discovery of x-rays by Roentgen in 1895. Extraoral imaging, including cephalometric radiography, followed soon thereafter. Panoramic radiography has provided broad coverage of the teeth and surrounding structures since the mid-twentieth century. Each of these modalities has adapted to the digital revolution. Recent decades have seen the development of CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, and ultrasonography imaging modalities that have revolutionized dental and medical diagnosis.