This announcement has been breweing for a while. It should be for sale by the Chicago midwinter. I got a chance to see this in person and all I can say is WOW…Not only is it light, with a wireless footswitch, but the windows interface and touchscreen is way cool. The new concept of no more cleaving a fiber and just throwing tips away is very hygienic. The 940 wavelength should combine the best characteristics of the 810’s and 980’s. Biolase will now blaze the trail in the soft tissue market with this new state of the art Diode.

I know I’ll regret this but I don’t think I am alone on this subject.. Diodes???
I just can’t see it. That is unless you are in a state that a hygenist can use it. Then it makes perfect sense.

Or if they start to bring the price way ,way down.

With having the Biolase MD.. I don’t need it. There is not that much difference in what I can do in softtissue mode with the MD then I can with the diode.

Having a Nd:YAG to do perio pretty much rules out the need for a diode….

I know that the cost of the Periolase or an MD is far more then a diode. But the reality is the ROI of these lasers far outway that of a diode. Makes since to use your diode dollars for a down payment on either of these two lasers.

Now the idea of a diode without a long fiber that easly gets broken. A diode that very small. A diode that looks cool is interesting. Soo how much does it cost??
Man Susan is going to kill me.

Jason: I totally agree with you. This board by nature brings out laser enthusiasts but the average GP sees this diode as a nice way to get into the market. SOmething to show how progressive he is. Wow …look at that list of FDA approved procedures…….why do I even need another laser!

I think that the market is ripe for diodes and this year with all of it coming out that is new (several are coming believe me) and the competition for a very small profit for the companies , it stands to be an interesting year.

Glenn

Oh, you guys are tooo serious… Of course your right. Lasers are a buzz word. You would have to be dead not to have heard about them. Heck even the big boys on the lecture circut have one( not that they really use them) . COST is what keeps dentist from buying a laser.Lets face it Er and ND:YAGS are big bucks in a dental practice budget!! Then you have to earn how to use it. Most dentist get 12 hours of CE a year. So you expect them to spend big bucks and have to get training?? Tough sell.

Diodes can be the break through…Cost is far less. Training.. Well most won’t. So it is an easy way to become a laser dentist. Seems the key will be for laser companies to market hard , come in at a low price and sell a large volume of diodes..as fast as possible before another company does the same…

when you look at that wavelengh, are you really sure that the 940 wavelength should combine the best characteristics of the 810’s and 980’s. Is it possible that the water absorption make a real difference. Did they say that they use water for thermorelaxation like we do with the 980nm