Lasers4Dentistry, a division of Technology4Medicine, will launch its X-Runner digital laser scanning handpiece at the upcoming ADA Annual Session.
The company is touting the handpiece, designed specifically for the LightWalker AT Dual Wavelength dental laser, as the first all-tissue ablative laser scanning handpiece for dentistry, and will present it at booth No. 618 during the meeting, taking place in New Orleans from October 31 through November 3.
The X-Runner has automated all-tissue ablation capabilities and enables users to adjust the spot size and shape of the cutting area. The device can be used for deep or wide cuts that need to be made in hard or soft dental tissues. The shape and size of an ablation area can be selected in advance to optimize the cutting process. The X-Runner is designed for a range of treatments, from standard cavity and veneer preps to high-precision surgical and implantology procedures, the company explained.
All parameters and settings that are available with the LightWalker AT's standard laser handpieces (energy, frequency, mode, spray) can also be used with X-Runner. Dentists can switch between the new automated modality and the classic handpiece modality without swapping handpieces. The device also offers a variety of treatment shapes (circular, rectangular/linear and hexagonal, etc.) that can be set according to a number of parameters, such as the size of the ablation area (width and length, or diameter in the case of the circle and hexagon), as well as the number of laser passes needed to produce the desired ablation depth.
X-Runner can also produce a precise linear cut, for instance, to cut the root apex or perform an incision in soft-tissue surgery.
