Patients visiting the Government Dental College and Research Institute on Victoria Hospital campus can now get access to advanced laser treatment, which is expensive in the private sector.
With the inauguration of a state-of-the-art laser research lab at the college last week, people can now get an array of applications from treatment of simple tooth decay, tooth sensitivity, to more complex applications in regenerative procedures. The lab has been instituted by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) at a total cost of ₹80 lakh.
Kiran Kumar N., professor and Head of the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics in the college, said the laser lab equipment has various hard and soft tissue applications. “Procedures with lasers are safe, less painful, and do not require administration of local anaesthesia,” he said.
