Paradigm Shift
Some of the surgical procedures have always been a hospital based referral treatment option conventionally especially for children and a full general anaesthesia situation most of the time i.e. for Tongue ties and Frenctomy- these are small muscular attachments causing speech and /or tooth position problems and need to modified for better function, LASERS have totally revolutionised this procedures and can be now done in the surgery mostly with topical or local anaesthetics.
It has become a simple procedure for the trained laser dentists with all the benefits for the patients
Upper Teeth cannot move stay put due to muscle attachment
This patient was actually sent to the hospital as normal course for surgical removal of attachment and was told at hospital would have to be done under general anaesthesia. The parents were reluctant and sourced for alternative, they were suggested laser surgery so contacted us.
