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The term "LASER" is an acronym for: light amplification by stimulated emission of
radiation
The very first therapeutic laser (of 2002 , 2003
any class) received 510k market
clearance from the United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
in _____.And the first class 4 therapy
laser gained FDA clearance in _____.
In the late 1960's he made the Dr. Endre Mester
observation that the hair of shaved
mice grew back more rapidly after
exposure to low power laser light. As
a result he is known as the 'Father of
Laser Therapy'. Who is he?
In 2015 a world-wide panel of photobiomodulation, or PBM
experts designated the term
____________ to describe the therapeutic
use of light.
, Surgical lasers cut tissue; and are Photothermal: the laser light has a very high power
used for performing surgery, removal density and causes excessive heating of water
of 'lumps and bumps', and other molecules, which vaporizes the water, "explodes"
ablative laser procedures. What is the cells, and thus cuts the tissue.
the mechanism of action for surgical
lasers?
Therapeutic lasers help to enhance Both A and C are correct (Photochemical and
tissue healing, and are used for pain Photobiostimulative)
management, wound and injury
healing, and other uses. What is the
mechanism of action for therapeutic
lasers?
Wavelength measures the distance nanometers (nm)
between two corresponding points
on adjacent light waves, for example
from one peak to the next, or from
one trough to the next. Which is the
proper unit for measuring
wavelength?
t or f- Compared to healthy cells, true
compromised or unhealthy cells in
tissues that are injured or damaged
are more 'reduced'. This means that
damaged cells will more readily
absorb oxygen; and therefore
damaged tissues will respond more
readily to laser therapy.