Post-op at 4 weeks:
Note: Healing, knife-edge gingival contours

Before and after photos:

After

Before

Jeff

(Edited by Benchwmer at 12:04 pm on Mar. 7, 2004)

(Edited by Benchwmer at 12:07 pm on Mar. 7, 2004)

Bob,
This case shows my answer to one of the 10 questions on on BioLase claims. The Erbium is not the ideal laser for gingivectomies. Where I can approach the gingival tissue at a 90 degree angle w/ the Nd:YAG, remove the bulk of tissue under tension from a tissue forcep, then contour w/o any damage to the underlying tooth. With my Erbium I would have approached the tissue with the laser tip parrallel to the tooth, more difficult to visual the amount of tissue to remove, more bloody.
I have a choice of lasers. It wasn’t a hard choice in this case.
Jeff