Fotona.

Fotona's about page says the company was founded in 1964, four years after the first laser, and that it designs and manufactures solid-state lasers for medicine and dentistry. The address printed on that page and on the dentistry page is Stegne 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, telephone +386 1 500 91 00. The dentistry page says TwinLight, in 1994, was the first system to put Er:YAG and Nd:YAG in one device, and that Fidelis Plus II in 2004 was presented as a dental laser that could outperform a rotary drill. Those firsts are Fotona's wording.

The same dentistry page dates LightWalker AT to 2011 and calls it the first scanner-ready dental laser and the first to use QSP, or Quantum Square Pulse. SkyPulse, a portable Er:YAG with optional diode modules, is dated 2019. A March 2011 news post says LightWalker added a touch screen, titanium handpieces, automatic Nd:YAG handpiece detection, and a patented OPTOflex arm. A 60-year brochure says the firm began as the Iskra Laboratory for Technical Optics, built a helium-neon laser, and moved into its Ljubljana building in 1979.

That brochure says the company was renamed Fotona in 1994 when it separated from Iskra, the same year it entered dental lasers with TwinLight. It says a 2004 decision focused the company on medical devices. A 2014 anniversary magazine, written when Matjaz Lukac was CEO, also listed a US office in San Clemente, California, beside Ljubljana. The current about page prints only the Ljubljana address, so treat San Clemente as a 2014 statement unless the dealer confirms a current US site.

LightWalker and SkyPulse are different platforms. One is the flagship dual-wavelength family. The other is the portable Er:YAG. Training, tips, and wavelength settings do not transfer automatically. The dentistry page also says both lines received Red Dot design awards, which is a design prize, not a clinical outcome. The 60-year brochure says the first product was a helium-neon laser sold to universities, and that the Ljubljana building finished in 1979 still houses the main operation. Early gas lasers and the current Er:YAG dental systems are different devices separated by decades of product changes. The about page limits the current scope to medicine and dentistry, which matches the 2004 decision to leave the other markets.

Fotona suits a practice that wants an Er:YAG hard-tissue laser, with or without Nd:YAG, from the Ljubljana manufacturer. Lasers are compared on the dental laser guide.

A diode-only soft-tissue laser is a different category from LightWalker. If the quote is SkyPulse plus a diode module, read both manuals.

Fotona says Fidelis Plus II in 2004 outperformed a rotary drill. That is the manufacturer's comparison. It does not retire the handpiece. Most offices that own a Fotona laser still use burs.

Red Dot awards cited on the dentistry page judge design. They do not state a wattage or a clinical indication. Use the IFU for indications.

Order against Stegne 7, 1000 Ljubljana, unless your dealer contract names another service site. The 2014 San Clemente line should be confirmed before you ship a handpiece there.

Scanner handpieces, OPTOflex arms, and diode modules are accessories. Put each one on the quote. A LightWalker purchase does not include SkyPulse.