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Prof. Dr. Esra Ergin

IMPROVING THE WHITE AND PINK ESTHETICS WITH THE MAGIC TOUCH OF LASER LIGHT

Esthetics has become a major concern for today’s people and having a pleasing smile is one of the primary reasons to request dental treatment. Esthetic dentistry provides numerious opportunities to improve the white and pink esthetics in harmony. Lasers are high-tech instruments which offer surprising comfort for patients and opportunity for tissue-friendly applications in esthetic dentistry when compared to conventional methods.

The aim of this lecture is to provide an overview about the current laser assisted esthetic dentistry applications with a critical perspective and to discuss their outcomes in comparison with conventional methods. In the lecture, the most recent evidence-based clinical protocols will be described for laser assisted tooth bleaching, crown lengthening, gingivoplasty, gingival depigmentation, frenectomy and papilla reconstruction procedures with case presentations.

Esra Ergin was born in Ankara, Turkey. She graduated from the Hacettepe University School of Dentistry (2004) and started her PhD education at the Restorative Dentistry Department of the same University. She had been at Aachen Dental Laser Centre (AALZ)/Germany for her PhD thesis and laser education in 2007. She got her PhD degree with the thesis entitled “Micro Tensile Bond Strength of an Etch&Rinse Adhesive to Enamel and Dentin after Er:YAG Laser  Treatment with  Different Pulse Durations” in 2009.  She became Assistant Professor (2012), Associated Professor (2014) and Professor (2019) at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Restorative Dentistry. She continues her studies in the same department and Hacettepe University Dental Laser Research and Application Centre as vice director. She is an active member of Turkish Society of Restorative Dentistry and the board member of the Turkish Association of Lasers in Dentistry. She has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and


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7

August 2022

Abstract
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19

August 2022

Abstract
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8

September 2022

Congress
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10

September 2022

Congress
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8

September 2022

Expodental 2022 – Fair
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11

September 2022

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