Is 4 or 5 watts really sufficient for a surgical laser? Thinking back to the surgery lasers I've seen (Trimedyne and Laserscope units), even the old argon units were capable of an order of magnitude more power, to say nothing of the peak pulse power output of the Q-switched YAGs.
Sure, we've all seen low power dental argons before, but they were only for curing dental cement and filling material, not actually cutting and cauterizing flesh. I've never heard of anyone doing laser dental surgery with a 5 watt laser though. Am I missing something?
Adam