Diode Laser Dentistry 101 | CDEWorld
Peer-reviewed literature states that the temperature at the tip of a diode laser is 750 to 1200° C.. 32,33.. Erbium and CO2 lasers, which are never initiated and never touch tissue, work optically.. Their chromophore, generally, is water; the chromophore for these lasers is the water in oral mucosa.. Oral mucosa is 70% or more water..