A method and apparatus for use in ablating hard and soft tissue and in particular, tooth, tooth enamel, tooth dentin, tooth cementum, bone, cartilage, skin, mucosa, gingiva and muscle, and preferably in the oral cavity, is disclosed. In operation, an electromagnetic energy source is applied to a target...http://www.google.de/patents/US6607524?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6607524 - Surgical laser and method of ablating hard biological materials