(393 days)
The Picasso ™/Picasso Lite™/ Picasso Perio™ is generally indicated for incision, excision, vaporization, ablation and coagulation of oral soft tissues including the following:
- Gingival troughing for crown impression .
- Gingivectomy .
- Gingivoplasty .
- Gingival incision and excision .
- Hemostasis and coagulation .
- . Excisional and incisional biopsies
- Exposure of unerupted teeth .
- . Fibroma removal
- Frenectomy and frenotomy · .
- . Implant recovery
- Incision and drainage of abscess .
- Leukoplakia .
- Operculectomy .
- . Oral papillectomies
- Pulpotomy .
- . Pulpotomy as an adjunct to root canal therapy
- Reduction of gingival hypertrophy .
- Soft tissue crown lengthening .
- Treatment of canker sores, herpetic and aphthous ulcers of the oral mucosa .
- Vestibuloplasty .
Laser periodontal procedures, including:
- Sulcular debridement (curettage, removal of diseased, inflamed and . necrosed soft tissue in the periodontal pocket to improve clinical indices including: gingival index, gingival bleeding index, probe depth, attachment loss, and tooth mobility).
- Removal of highly inflamed edematous tissue affected by bacteria penetration of . the pocket lining and junctional epithelium.
Teeth Whitening Indications (Picasso Only):
- Laser assisted whitening/bleaching of teeth .
- Light activation for bleaching materials for teeth whitening. .
New Indication for Use:
Laser periodontal:
Picasso assisted new attachment procedure (cementum-mediated periodontal ligament new-attachment to the root surface in the absence of long junctional epithelium).
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This document is a 510(k) premarket notification from the FDA for the AMD Lasers Picasso™/Picasso Lite™/Picasso Perio™ device. It primarily concerns the approval of new indications for use for an existing device and does not contain information about acceptance criteria or a study proving the device meets said criteria.
Therefore, I cannot provide the requested information. This document is a regulatory approval letter, not a study report.
§ 878.4810 Laser surgical instrument for use in general and plastic surgery and in dermatology.
(a)
Identification. (1) A carbon dioxide laser for use in general surgery and in dermatology is a laser device intended to cut, destroy, or remove tissue by light energy emitted by carbon dioxide.(2) An argon laser for use in dermatology is a laser device intended to destroy or coagulate tissue by light energy emitted by argon.
(b)
Classification. (1) Class II.(2) Class I for special laser gas mixtures used as a lasing medium for this class of lasers. The devices subject to this paragraph (b)(2) are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 878.9.