Quickly becoming an indispensible part of many operatories, the dental diode laser is a technology that simplifies a number of procedures for clinicians while making the treatment less invasive for patients. This technology category really started to take off as prices have come down and there are now a range of affordable, versatile and easy to use soft tissue lasers available. However, another innovation helped push this technology along the adoption curve, and that is the emergence of disposable tips which eliminated the need for clinicians to strip down the tip prior to use. Such a simplification made using this technology even more appealing to interested dentists. With that in mind, here is a side-by-side comparison of some soft tissue dental lasers with disposable tips.