Laser applications for dental hard tissue are a clinical reality. Exciting future applications are being developed and will be featured at this conference. An entire session will be devoted to lesion detection by optical methods. This is one of the areas of rapidly expanding interest in dental research and applications to clinical practice, especially in relation to dental caries. Soft tissue clinical applications continue to be expanded. This conference will provide a forum for presentation of both basic and applied research in laser dentistry. Presentations of clinical studies are especially welcome. Manuscripts will be reviewed prior to publication.
Papers are solicited in all dental laser and biomedical optics dental application areas including, but not limited to, the following:
optical methods for lesion detection, especially dental caries
early caries detection
optical coherence tomography in dentistry
dental 3D imaging
caries removal with lasers
caries prevention with lasers
laser endodontics
laser applications in periodontology
lasers and dental implants
laser photopolymerization
laser hard-tissue and soft tissue surgery
CO2 laser use in dentistry
Nd:YAG laser use in dentistry
Diode laser use in dentistry
Er:YAG/ErCr:YSGG use in dentistry
other wavelengths for hard or soft tissue use
clinical trials of lasers for dental applications
hard-tissue ablation and plasma production
laser-tissue interactions relevant to dentistry
wavelength and energy dependence of dental laser applications
unmet clinical needs.
Important Dates
Abstracts Due: 23 July 2012
Author Notification: 1 October 2012 BiOS Manuscripts Due: 9 January 2013
