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The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Children's Dental Clinic now provides state-of-the-art laser surgery using the LightScalpel CO2 laser for oral surgery procedures. The laser replaces instruments that bruise or crush tissue causing lengthy, uncomfortable recovery periods, as well as scarring. The FDA-approved, American-made LightScalpel is for soft-tissue surgical procedures like tongue- and lip-tie revisions, gum re-contouring, and biopsies. Its many benefits to SEARHC pediatric patients include little or no bleeding, less postoperative swelling and discomfort, less scarring, a lower risk of infection, shortened procedure times, and a smooth recovery. In fact, nursing mothers are able to breastfeed their baby immediately after the child's tongue- and lip-tie revision procedure, which illustrates the gentleness of the LightScalpel laser on the most sensitive mouths.

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