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Wavelength

Nd:YAG 1064 nm

Why it matters: it works below the surface to seal, disinfect and calm tissue.

1064 nm passes through water and is absorbed by blood and pigment, so it reaches millimeters into soft tissue. That's what lets you control bleeding, disinfect deep in the pocket and relieve pain, all in-house.

Dry fieldCoagulates as it goes, so you can see what you're doing.
Deeper disinfectionReaches bacteria in the pocket wall that instruments miss.
Pain reliefLow-level settings for ulcers, cold sores and post-op comfort.

1For you

Soft tissue work, simplified.

Less bleeding to manage, fewer instruments, and one laser for both steps of TwinLight.

A dry field as you cut

Nd:YAG seals small vessels as it works. Frenectomies, gingival procedures and lesion removal stay clean and visible, and many don't need sutures.

Disinfect in the same visit

Run the fiber through the pocket after scaling and root planing. It adds a few minutes and takes the bacterial load down in tissue your curettes can't reach.

See the research

Both wavelengths, one tap

Switch between Er:YAG and Nd:YAG on the touchscreen mid-procedure. TwinLight perio and peri-implantitis protocols run on a single unit, no second laser.

Presets for every protocol

Pick the procedure and the settings load. Fine 200 and 300 µm fibers for pockets and precise soft tissue work.

2For your patients

Easier treatment to say yes to.

Less bleeding, less swelling, no flap. That's what gets hesitant patients to accept treatment.

Perio without the flap

In a randomized trial, adding combined Nd:YAG/Er:YAG laser therapy to SRP gave significantly better pocket depth and attachment gains at 2 months than SRP alone.

Randomized trial

Comfortable recovery

With bleeding controlled during the procedure, patients typically see less swelling and an easier recovery after soft tissue surgery.

Relief for ulcers and cold sores

A short, low-level Nd:YAG application eases discomfort and can shorten healing time. Patients remember the office that fixed it.

A plan for failing implants

Paired with Er:YAG, Nd:YAG decontaminates and biostimulates the tissue around peri-implantitis sites, giving patients an option before removal.

Controlled trial

3For your practice

Protocols you can offer tomorrow.

Cases you stop referring out, and quick add-ons that fit into visits you already have.

$1,500 / quad

TwinLight perio

Treat pockets in-house instead of sending them to the periodontist.

Keeps cases in-house
$375

Implant site decontamination

Manage peri-implantitis in your own office with the combined protocol.

Keeps cases in-house
$200

Laser soft-tissue curettage

A hygiene add-on for active pockets during periodontal maintenance.

Hygiene add-on
$343

Frenectomy

Quick, dry-field procedure, often same day it's diagnosed.

Same-day add-on
$400

Fibroma removal

Minor soft tissue surgery with little bleeding and fast recovery.

Same-day add-on
$75

Ulcer and cold sore treatment

A few minutes of chair time for patients who walk in miserable and leave relieved.

Quick add-on

Sample fees from the ROI calculator. Set your own based on your market.

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4The science, briefly

Why it works, and why it matters.

Water barely absorbs 1064 nm, so the beam passes into the tissue and gets picked up by blood and pigment instead.

What happensIt penetrates millimeters, not microns

The energy spreads into the tissue rather than stopping at the surface. Why it matters: it reaches bacteria in the pocket wall, not just on top.

What happensHemoglobin soaks it up

Blood absorbs 1064 nm strongly, so vessels close as you work. Why it matters: a dry field and less post-op bleeding.

What happensShort, high-peak pulses

Energy arrives in bursts, with time for tissue to cool in between, unlike a continuous diode. Why it matters: clean cutting with less heat spread.

TwinLight, start to finish

Nd:YAG removes the diseased pocket lining, Er:YAG clears calculus from the root, and Nd:YAG finishes by sealing the pocket with a stable clot while it heals.

No flap and no sutures. Before-and-after X-rays from one case are in the video library.

See the absorption chart
Absorption of water, hemoglobin and melanin by wavelengthLog-scale absorption coefficient from 700 to 3100 nanometers, with dental laser wavelengths marked. Water absorption peaks near 2940 nm; hemoglobin and melanin dominate in the near-infrared around 1064 nm.0.010.11101001,00010,000100,0001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000700Wavelength (nm)Absorption coefficient (cm⁻¹, log scale)Diode 810–980Nd:YAGEr,Cr:YSGGEr:YAGMelaninHemoglobinWaterWater ≈0.1 cm⁻¹

Approximate values from published absorption data: water (Hale & Querry 1973), whole-blood hemoglobin (Prahl), melanin (Jacques). Simplified for teaching.

Research

Perio RCTNd:YAG/Er:YAG added to SRP

Adding combined laser therapy to non-surgical treatment gave significantly better probing depth and attachment gains at 2 months than SRP alone.

PMID 33813638
Controlled trialSurgical peri-implantitis

Combined Er:YAG/Nd:YAG treatment compared with conventional surgical debridement, looking at clinical outcomes and bone-loss biomarkers at six months.

PMC10046921
Trial underwayNd:YAG for oral mucositis

A randomized trial testing whether LightWalker Nd:YAG reduces the incidence, severity and length of mucositis in stem cell transplant patients.

NCT05175222

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Dan Breit

Dan Breit

Territory Manager, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut

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All views and opinions on this site are my own and do not represent those of Fotona. Content is for educational purposes for dental professionals and is not medical advice. Some research and clinical content on this site comes from the Laser and Health Academy (LA&HA), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to education on lasers in medicine. Those contributions reflect the views and clinical experience of their authors and should not be regarded as official product information.