Abstract
A preliminary report on the Stone–Kaplan instrumentation for CO2 laser periodontics is presented describing the instrumentation and introducing the first phase of its clinical usage. The design enables the introduction of a hollow fiber delivered CO2 laser beam into the depth of a periodontal pocket enabling invasive surgical procedures to be carried out with exacting control of the laser beam as afforded by the design of the instrumentation. This design enables the performance of pocket-opening surgical procedures with ease of performance for the operator enhanced by the "instrument-in-hand" tactile-feedback and blind-visualization phenomena afforded by this unique design. The basic performance for a periodontal pocket opening procedure is presented here.
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