SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DENTAL TREATMENT AND REMOTE OVERSIGHT

1 . A system for dental treatment, the system comprising:

a carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) laser configured to generate a laser beam as a function of a laser parameter, comprising one or more of pulse duration and pulse energy;

an articulating arm configured to deliver the laser beam from the laser;

a hand piece configured to accept the laser beam from the articulating arm and direct the laser beam, using a laser beam output configured to be positioned within a human patient's mouth, to at least a tooth of the patient;

wherein the laser beam is configured to treat the at least a tooth of the patient by:

removing one or more of calculus and tartar from at least a surface of the at least a tooth; and

a camera in sensed communication with the at least a tooth and including:

at least an image-forming optic configured to form an optical image of the at least a tooth at an image sensor; and

the image sensor configured to detect visible light and at least an image of the at least a tooth as a function of the optical image.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the image sensor is located a greater distance from the laser beam output than a distance between a nearest portion of the articulating arm and the laser beam output; and

the handpiece is further configured to facilitate an optical path between the oral tissue and the camera.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the optical path comprises one or more of a sodium chloride optic, or a potassium bromide optic.

4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least a computing device configured to control the one or more of the pulse duration and the pulse energy to affect treatment.

5 . The system of claim 4 , further comprising a beam scanner configured to scan the laser beam as a function of a scan parameter; and

wherein, the at least a computing device is further configured to control the scan parameter.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the computing device is further configured to:

receive the at least an image from the camera; and

communicate the at least an image to a remote device configured to interface with a remote user.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein:

the at least a computing device is further configured to control the laser parameter;

the remote device is located remotely from the computing device; and

the at least a computing device communicates the dental parameter to the remote device using at least a network.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least a computing device is further configured to communicate the at least an image to the remote device concurrently while the laser generates the laser beam.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera comprises a global shutter.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is further configured to detect the at least an image concurrently while the laser generates the laser beam.

11 . A method of dental treatment, the method comprising:

generating, using a carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) laser, a laser beam as a function of a laser parameter, comprising one or more of pulse duration and pulse energy;

delivering, using an articulating arm, the laser beam from the laser;

accepting, using a hand piece, the laser beam from the articulating arm;

positioning a laser beam output of the handpiece within a human patient's mouth;

directing, using the laser beam output and the hand piece, the laser beam to at least a tooth of the patient;

treating, using the laser beam, that at least a tooth of the patient by:

removing one or more of calculus and tartar from at least a surface of the at least a tooth;

forming, using at least an image-forming optic or a camera in sensed communication with the at least a tooth, an optical image of the at least a tooth at an image sensor; and

detecting, using the image sensor, visible light and at least an image of the at least a tooth as a function of the optical image.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the image sensor is located a greater distance from the laser beam output than a distance between a nearest portion of the articulating arm and the laser beam output, and the method further comprises:

facilitating, using the handpiece, an optical path between the oral tissue and the camera.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the optical path comprises one or more of a sodium chloride optic, or a potassium bromide optic.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising controlling, using at least a computing device, the one or more of the pulse duration and the pulse energy to affect treatment.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

scanning, using a beam scanner, the laser beam as a function of a scan parameter; and

controlling, using the at least a computing device, the scan parameter.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving, using the at least a computing device, the at least an image from the camera; and

communicating, using the at least a computing device, the at least an image to a remote device configured to interface with a remote user.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

controlling, using the at least a computing device, the laser parameter; and

communicating, using the at least a computing device, the dental parameter to the remote device, wherein the remote device is located remotely from the computing device.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising communicating, using the at least a computing device, the at least an image to the remote device concurrently while the laser generates the laser beam.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the camera comprises a global shutter.

20 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising detecting, using the camera, the at least an image concurrently while the laser generates the laser beam.