To excise or ablate hyper plastic gingiva or to recontour gingival tissues of shallow suprabony pockets.

For removal of excess keratanized gingiva, to enhance crown length, when only non-osseous removal is necessary.

To Release maxillary and/or mandibular frenum, to prevent the movement of marginal tissue, improve aesthetics, and to improve home care.

When excisional tissue biopsy is necessary, it is extremely useful to use the laser, because of its coagulative ability. A laser is especially useful in the case of highly vascularized tissue like the tongue. It is important to inform the pathologist that a laser was used for excision.

For the desensitization of intra oral apthous ulcers. This is not a surgical indication, in the sense that the laser is not used to excise/remove tissue. Laser Light performs a bio stimulatory role and serves to promote desensitization which tends to reduce the pain associated with such lesions and possibly enhance the healing process