Laser-appropriate ENT and oral surgery procedures include:
Acanthomastous Epulis, Aural Hemotoma, Bulla curettage, De-barking, Ear canal ablation, Ear canal polyps, Ear crop, Correction of faulty ear carriage, Epulis removal, Everted laryngeal saccules, Gingival hyperplasia, Gingivectomy/plasty Incisional Biopsy, Laryngeal granuloma, Laryngeal scar removal, Laryngeal web revision, Lymphocytic plasmacytic stomatitis, Nasal Hyperkeratosis, Nasal Planum Resection, Oral mass excision, Osteosarcoma of palate, Partial mandibulctomies, Periodontal flap surgery, Partial maxillectomies, Proliferative otitis - sterilization and ablation, Ramulas, Salivary gland removal, Salivary mucoceles, Soft palate resection, Squamous cell carcinoma, Stenotic nares, Sublingual tissue, Folds, Sublingual Sialocele, Tissue Sculpting, Tongue lesions, Tonsillectomy, Throughing for crown impressions, Ventriculochordectomy.
"Carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers are used in oral surgery for precisely cutting or vaporizing soft tissue with hemostasis... tissue vaporization is more efficient with the CO2 laser than with other lasers... because of the direct absorption of this wavelength by water."
Jan Bellows, DVM
"Laser Use in Veterinary Dentistry"
Vet Clin Small Anim 32 (2002) 673-692.
Elsevier Science, (USA)