Laser apparatus for machining dental hard tissue
OwnerKarsten Koeniginventor
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Abstract
A laser apparatus for machining dental hard tissue including a first ultrashort pulse laser beam source for providing a machining laser beam which is adapted to apply the machining laser beam to a predetermined treatment area of dental hard tissue, a second laser beam source for providing a pilot laser beam which is adapted to induce a fluorescence of pathogenic bacteria which marks the treatment area, and an application device for applying an absorber material to an area of dental hard tissue to be machined. The first laser beam source is formed in such a way that the absorber material is transitioned to a higher energy state by the absorption of the machining laser beam.
Claims14
A laser apparatus for machining dental hard tissue, comprising:
- a first ultrashort pulse laser beam source for providing a machining laser beam which is adapted to apply the machining laser beam to a predetermined treatment area of dental hard tissue,
- a second laser beam source for providing a pilot laser beam which is adapted to induce a fluorescence of pathogenic bacteria marking the treatment area, and
- an application device for applying an absorber material to an area of dental hard tissue to be machined,
- wherein the first laser beam source is formed in such a way that the absorber material is transitioned to a higher energy state by the absorption of the machining laser beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.