Dental laser assembly with dual lasers

Claim 1

A dental laser comprising: a housing having a first laser cavity and a second laser cavity, said housing having at least one optical output port, a dental optical delivery system connected to said port, a first laser contained in said first cavity which, when activated, generates a first laser beam, a second laser contained in said second laser cavity which, when activated, generates a second laser beam, means for selectively activating only one of said lasers at a given time, and means for directing the laser beam from the activated laser to said at least one port, wherein said first laser beam has optical qualities sufficient to perform any of a first set of dental treatment therapeutic procedures in a mouth, wherein said second laser beam has optical qualities sufficient to perform any of a second set of dental treatment therapeutic procedures in a mouth, wherein said first set of dental treatment procedures is substantially mutually exclusive from said second set of dental procedures, wherein said first laser is a pulse laser and has a wave length of between 0.2 and 2.0 micrometers, a beam diameter at a target site of 10-5000 microns and a pulse duration of between several picoseconds and several milliseconds, and an energy of between 0.1 millijoules and 1 joules per pulse, wherein said second laser is a pulse laser and has a wave length of 2.0 to 5.0 micrometers, a beam diameter of 10 to 5000 microns at a target site, a pulse duration of several picoseconds to several milliseconds, and an energy of 0.1 millijoules to 5 joules per pulse.