That is certainly a step in the right direction Ron. Are you using the Periolase on less advanced disease, and what kind of results are you getting? I don’t get too many of the 7-9mm folks in so I am wondering about using it for less advanced cases.

Thanks.

Janet

Hi Mike–

It was great to have you out for training.

We are very judicious in our use of anterior deprogramers like NTI or Panke Jigs.

I would limit their use to one week.

If there is class 3 mobility, then I would not want to use one for fear of super eruption.

Since the need to stablize (like a cast on a broken leg) is longer than one week, we prefer a longer term fixation device.

There are several ways to accomplish that result:

1. Ortho wire
2. Ribbond
3. Tanner/Panke splint (Hard)
4. Internal fixation–intracoronal wire.

With an NTI or PJ you could lose control over that type of tooth–even those with lessor mobility.

For other types of situations, you may not even need a splint at all. But you could then make a case for using NTI/PJ for short term (one week) resting of the recently treated site.

Glad to see you posting. This is a great forum for discussin of these topics.

Hope you got procedure #19 reset to dentin etch OK!

Bob

Bruce,

Thanks for posting your experiences. I have had similar experiences as well. And your comments could have been written by a number of our Periolase practitioners.

I think the profession as a whole doesn’t “see” the extent of the disease state of our own patients the way they need to be appreciated, and I think we literally do not see the severeity of case types of patients who quit the dental profession because they were given treatment options they refused to “buy”.

Thanks so much for sharing your perspectives Bruce.

Millennium doesn’t just sell a laser, we sell an understanding and appreciation of perio disease AND the methodology and technology to successfully reverse it and maintain stability.

As Lloyd Tilt, DDS, MS–a periodontist and PerioLase owner of over 4 years–has said (paraphrasing), If you are not getting the resolution, regeneration of bone and attachment gain, it’s not a failure of the technology or the technique. There’s something that hasn’t been addressed.

But here is a quote for use with permission:

“Promoting bone regrowth is the best thing I’ve seen in 35 years of practice. I’m just glad I’m still practicing to witness this new standard of care”
— Dr. Barbara McDaniel, Dallas, Tx. PerioLase owner 18 mo

Barbara was ready to retire. Then she saw a presentation I gave in Dallas–and the x-rays. She told me that this is what she has been waiting for all her career.

Bob

Not enough!!;)

Bob Gregg posts LOTS here and as the co owner and co developer with Del McCarthy (who also posts here) he knows the most about the system BUT as someone who has spent quite a bit of time with Bob over the years (Purely plutonic!!) I can tell you that LANAP is not something delegatable to the hygienist.

Doctors only, and the combo of the wavelength and the protocol is what works for Bob and so many others.

Glenn van As