Forums › Laser Treatment Tips and Techniques › Hard Tissue Procedures › waterlase settings
- This topic is empty.
-
AuthorPosts
-
mickey franklSpectatorI note from case reports that some of you are using “new” settings for the water and air settings.I still use the Biolase original settings(90% water 60% air on enamel)
What are the best settings recomended?
AnonymousGuestHi Mickey,
It seems to vary from machine to machine but the most important thing appears to be a differential of 30. I use 55/25 most of the time and I think someone here is using 50/20 or 47/27. Experiment a little and you will find some settings with a 30 differential that don’t char. 55/25 is about as low as I can go on my machine w/ o getting that bownout or char.
Glenn van AsSpectatorWhat is bownout??
GRIN……is that from the hydrokinetics not pushing the water atoms fast enough into the tooth to cool it and cut it at the same time?
Just kidding …….
We call it Brownout with the Delight but you Biolase guys always gotta be different dont you!!
:>)
Big grin
Glenn
AnonymousGuestjust seeing if u were payin attention
Glenn van AsSpectatorWhen you speak Ron, I ALWAYS LISTEN!!
Off to jog.
Sore back and all………
Spent last two days editing those darn osseous photos.
Hope you like it
Glenn
SwpmnSpectatorQuote:I note from case reports that some of you are using “new” settings for the water and air settings.I still use the Biolase original settings(90% water 60% air on enamel) What are the best settings recomended?/quote]Mickey:
This is a complicated, multifactorial question. With the Biolase Waterlase, here is what I use for no chemical anesthesia, direct composite preparations on Classes III, IV and V:
1) Basically we ignore the air % setting
2) With the water setting, I use the lowest percentage setting that will allow me the greatest visibility while still properly cooling and irrigating the target site to rinse away the ablation products. Ranges from 11 to 22% on my Waterlase console. Ideally we should measure the water flow rate in ml/minute.
3) I try to keep the laser energy/power setting as low as possible while still achieving efficient ablation in a timely fashion. For me, this works best ranging from 20Hz 137.5 mJoules(2.75Watts) to 20 Hz 162.5 mJoules(3.25Watts).
Al
SwpmnSpectatorI forgot to mention the important factor that I am utilizing Waterlase tips which are 6mm in length tapering from 750um(proximal) down to 600um at the business end(distal).
However, like many, I do not truly measure the energy outpout at the distal end of the tip. The variations from the console reading can be so great that it is possible any settings I report are only very general guidelines.
(I can see Gregg smiling at the previous statement but at least he’s taught us a trick or two).
Al
-
AuthorPosts