Laser Dentistry

Soft tissue laser treatments are now being offered at Woodbridge Kids Dentistry. Laser Dentistry is becoming progressively widespread in children’s dental care because of quick healing time and little postoperative pain. We want you to be aware of the procedure and what it entails.

Laser can be used to treat many different conditions such as tongue tie, which is when the tongue is stuck to the bottom of the mouth and will not touch the lip. Laser can correct this problem instantly. The different types of tongue tie are posterior tongue tie, maxillary tongue tie and lingual tongue tie. Nursing problems are often a result of lingual tongue tie. Woodbridge Kids Dentistry is one of the few Pediatric Dental Clinics in the GTA that can offer this kind of treatment to you and your children.

Our soft tissue laser treatments can also efficiently and safely treat, lip tie, frenectomy, gingivectomy, cold and canker sores, biopsies, and expose unerupted teeth. A labial frenum will unfortunately result in a gap between the front two teeth. The gap is referred to as diastema. The labial frenum is a piece of skin and doesn’t allow muscle movement.

Soft tissue laser treatment can remove this fold of skin and fix the problem. Orthodontic patients often have this process done to help close the gap between teeth and prevent it from resurfacing. There is little to no pain after the procedure and there’s a quick healing time. Sedation may not be necessary depending on the case.