Patent ID: 11963831
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A dental procedure as set forth in claim 15, wherein:
the flow control is adjustable to dispense water from the nozzle up to a maximum water flow rate and to dispense air from the nozzle up to a maximum air flow rate;
the initial water flow rate is 1% of the maximum water flow rate and the initial air flow rate is 1% of the maximum air flow rate;
the dental procedure further comprises adjusting the laser device to have an average optical output power of 0.25 W and to operate in a free running pulsed mode providing 60 μm bursts at a frequency of at least 50 Hz prior to directing light emitted from the fiber tip of the handpiece toward the target tissue in the client's mouth for the first period; and
the step of directing light emitted from the fiber tip of the handpiece toward target tissue for the first period comprises defocusing the directed light one mm from the center of the target tissue.