Lesson 1Choosing Settings and Levels: Steady vs Pulse Mode, Suggested Power for Cutting, Duty Cycle, Tip Start and CheckThis part covers choosing diode laser settings, comparing steady and pulse modes, safe power levels, duty cycle effects, and ways to start, check, and test fire tips for good cutting with little heat damage.
Continuous versus pulsed mode indicationsRecommended power ranges for excisionDuty cycle effects on tissue interactionFiber tip initiation and maintenanceCalibration, test firing, and safety checksLesson 2Comparing to Knife Cutting: Blood Control, Time Taken, After Pain, Healing Quality, and Tissue Sample EffectsThis part compares diode laser cutting with knife surgery, covering blood during work, time, pain after, healing quality, and possible tissue changes that affect diagnosis and reports.
Bleeding control and field visibilityOperative time and efficiencyPostoperative pain and analgesic needsHealing patterns and scar formationHistologic artifact and margin assessmentLesson 3Risks, Problems and How to Stop Them: Slow Healing, Heat Death of Cells, Scars, Nerve Harm and PreventionThis part looks at risks and problems in diode soft tissue cutting, like slow healing, heat cell death, scars, nerve injury, and infection, and gives ways to prevent, spot early, and manage based on evidence.
Mechanisms of thermal tissue damageRecognizing delayed healing patternsPreventing and managing scarringAvoiding and managing nerve injuryInfection control and wound careLesson 4Handling Samples and When to Send for Tissue Check After Laser CuttingThis part explains managing tissue pieces after diode cutting, including handling to reduce heat changes, fixing methods, labelling, forms for pathology, and rules for always sending for tissue study.
When to submit tissue for histologyMinimizing laser-induced artifactFixation, containers, and labelingCompleting pathology request formsCommunicating findings to patientsLesson 5Why Choose Diode Laser (810–980 nm) for Soft Tissue Cutting — Absorption by Blood and Skin Pigment, Blood Stopping BenefitsThis part explains why diode lasers 810–980 nm are good for many soft tissue works, stressing absorption by blood and skin pigment, blood stopping, less bleeding, and picking among diode machines.
Optical absorption in hemoglobin and melaninHemostatic advantages over scalpelClinical indications favoring diode useSelecting wavelength and fiber sizeLimitations compared with other lasersLesson 6Checking Patient: Health History, Medicines (Blood Thinners, Light Sensitive Drugs), Spot Check and Possible CausesThis part details full check before treatment, including health history, medicine review for blood thinners and light sensitive drugs, spot description, possible causes, and records to justify diode use or send away.
Targeted medical and dental historyReviewing anticoagulants and photosensitizersExtraoral and intraoral lesion mappingFormulating a differential diagnosisCriteria for referral before surgeryLesson 7Before Treatment Prep and Consent Details for Laser Soft Tissue WorksThis part focuses on prep before treatment, including teaching patient, consent parts for laser, before photos, cleaning, and checking laser safety and emergency plans in the treatment room.
Explaining laser benefits and limitationsDocumenting laser-specific consent itemsPreoperative photography and chartingOral rinses and field antisepsisVerifying laser safety and eyewearLesson 8Suitable Cases and Choosing: Harmless Mouth Spots for Diode Cutting and Spots Needing Sample or Send AwayThis part guides choosing cases for diode cutting, listing harmless mouth spots good for laser removal, warning signs needing sample or send away, and records for safe, proper decisions.
Benign lesions suitable for diode excisionLesion features requiring urgent referralWhen incisional biopsy is preferredPhotographic and chart documentationCommunicating options and limitationsLesson 9Right After Treatment Care: Wound Cleaning, Pain Relief, Topical Medicines, Follow-Up TimesThis part explains planned care after diode laser work, including wound cleaning, pain plans, topical medicines, food advice, and follow-up times based on evidence for good healing and comfort.
Postoperative wound hygiene instructionsSystemic and local analgesia protocolsUse of topical gels, rinses, and dressingsDiet, activity, and oral habit restrictionsFollow-up visit timing and documentationLesson 10Numbing Plans: Local Numb Choices and Ways, Adrenaline Thoughts, Handling Patients on Blood ThinnersThis part reviews numbing plans for diode soft tissue work, including numb type, adrenaline for blood stop, injection ways, and risk check for patients on blood thinners or anti-clot drugs.
Selecting local anesthetic agentsEpinephrine benefits and contraindicationsInfiltration and nerve block techniquesAssessing anticoagulant and antiplatelet riskCoordinating with physicians when neededLesson 11Step by Step Cutting Method: Marking Tissue, Cut/Remove with Touch Fibre, Side Sweeping, Depth Control, Blood Stop WaysThis part gives step-by-step diode cutting plan, covering spot marking, fibre angle, cut and side sweep ways, depth and edge control, blood stop moves, and changes during work for safety and accuracy.
Preoperative marking and isolationFiber angulation and contact techniqueIncision patterns and sweeping motionDepth control and margin managementIntraoperative hemostatic strategies
