Looks cute enough:

It is a CW near IR diode and all the benefits and deficeits that they bring……..

980 is a nice wavelength–just ask my buddy Mike Swick!

From their website:

The diode laser

The decision to the diode laser is an entrance into modern practice.

The Mdl-10 is with its 2.5 Watt and only 4,7kg weight smaller and easier, but quite efficient diode lasers of the High Powerklasse.

Its tasks do not only lie in the range of the Endodontie and Parodontologie, also surgical interferences like small Incosionen, Aphten, Herpes labialis and small fibromas etc. are possible

As is the case for the Mdl-15 the five integrated Lasertheraphieprogramme are available also with the Mdl-10.

They receive a full guarantee period on the Mdl-10 from 24 months.

Additionally we offer the possibility to you within the first yearly to a laser apparatus of the higher performance class loss-free to change.

Michael–

That’s a very astute observation.

So price per watt is an important consideration. Excellent point.

That reminds me, then, that one question a shopper for lasers can ask is what is the “head room” of a specific laser cavity.

For example, a laser cavity that is rated to produce 12 watts, but there is a “govenor” on the laser that prevents more than 6 watts of output power, has 50% “head room”. That is a laser that’s going to last a long time (10 years plus).

So a laser with 50% head room, versus only 20% is going to have sufficient allowance for degradation of the laser cavity over the long haul.

Hey guys. One of the things that those using the 980 nm wavelength talk about (specifically Mike Swick) is the High Fluency Technique.

The 980nm wavlength is by a matter of 4-8 fold better absorbed in water than the 810 nm. With this in mind, Mike will often flood the area with water (they even have a handpiece that floods it with water) and then cut through the water with much higher energy settings than what we typically use (ie 6-14 watts). They get less charring or carbonization of tissue due to the water flow. Mike is fond of saying that the energy is related to the amount of time that the laser is one.

I love Mike and he and Bob Gregg are two of my all time favs for the literature but this topic is steeped in controversy as some researchers have found this to be true and others dont.

I do find the 980nm to char less for sure , but am a little leery to put that much energy into the tissue. Mike does it beautifully though!!

If you want to use the high fluency technique then this 2.5watt laser is useless.

You must use the Biolitec 980nm which has a maximum of 15watts, on off durations down to .01 seconds each and a low power setting of 1 watt.

Just wanted to throw some information out. The 980 nm wavlength is popular in Canada as the Institute for Laser Dentistry sells alot of them over the 810 nm diodes.

They are more expensive and definitely not the same size as the 810nm diodes from Hoya and others but they do have some advantages too.

Take care

Glenn

michael,
I think the other thing you’d want to know about this laser is if it can be used in a pulsed or gated mode. Bob’s descritpion above only mentions continuous wavelength (CW) .

Michael–

There is “gated pulsed CW” lasers and there are “free-running” pulsed lasers in the 10-6 seconds–or millionths of a second–that have a very different effect in tissue with the short interaction times of the beam and “long pulse interval” (tissue relaxation times) than gated pulsed lasers.

where can I get information about the mdl-10 and mdl-15?…I’ve not been able to locate the company’s website…

Hi! Michael,

I saw the diode laser in June 2004.
The company owner join the exibition in Peking.
When I ask for an on-site demo., they said that this cannot be arranged as the model is only for `display’.
Instead they said tht i coild purchase the laser and get it mail to be directly to HK, at a cost of 10,000 Euro.

Diode laser is a relatively safe machine. I don’t know the philosophy behind the refusal.
While on the other booth, I had tried the Deka 2940D Er.-Yag.
I’ve got the brochure in my office.
Shoud I post it in the forum?

Julian