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Co2 laser
A co2 laser basically works on soft tissues rather than bone so it is effective on skin and inside the mouth or other mucosal tissues it vaporizes a very small area and the adjacent tissues are unharmed you can even use it to remove tattoos from the surface of the skin.
Dr. Lawrence Kessler reviewed this
58 year experience in Periodontics
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