Hi folks: back from my trip to Anaheim, the meeting was busy with both work for Global (new scope introduced) and Hoya Con Bio and for social (lots of entertainment including a trip to the Boston Redsox and Anaheim Angels, and getting Pedro Martinez autograph in the bar!)

Got an opportunity to meet several people from the forum at different events and on the exhibitor floor for the first time. Saw the always present Allen Williams who came all the way from Clearwater Florida and stopped by on Friday to check out the Hoya Delight laser and he told me he liked it. It was great talking to him.

I also ran into Sameer (socalsm) who is HUGE in real life and a very good guy and very knowledgeable about many things including lasers , photography, and the cerec machine. He was at the Biolase booth where I ran into a few people (Keith Bateman, Bill Brown, Alan Reich and a few others). The booth was busy and its a really nice design and fairly open.

I also ran into Andrew Shearon alias ASI who is from my hometown Vancouver and flew down to look at the various lasers including the Delight and he sure has done alot of research into the topic before buying. He sure isnt an impulse buyer!!

I had a great time with Bill Greider and the two of us had the opportunity to go to a nice evening meeting with Bob Gregg who with Del Mcarthy put on a nice show with great drinks and also lots of appetizers. It was really great to see Bob in action with his powerpoint show for the Ndyag Periolase 7 and it was informative to see how he is building material for his marketing efforts for the laser . He has positioned himself for the only FDA certified protocol on laser periodontal therapy making it perhaps the only laser capable of regenerating bone.

His wife Janna is a great lady and I want to publically thank Del and Bob for inviting me to the gathering. I had a great time. Their laser is alot smaller than it looks in the picture here and they have spent alot of time looking at specific issues like TRAINING and SUPPORT and building a unit that is very sleek looking and also dependable.

Kudos to both of you for all your hard work Del and Bob and for getting a very tough shell to withstand the daggers that many in the perio world have and are throwing.

Well that was it off the top of my head…….OH ya one last thing. I spent some times with the DEKA lasers people. They are awaiting FDA approval for several lasers including :

810 and 980 nm Diodes (the 980 will compete with the Biolitec product)

a 532 nm ( I think its a frequency doubled Nd Yag meaning its half the 1064 nm wavelength) that is a bright green color that is designed for bleaching and for cutting soft tissue like an argon.

Two Nd Yags (one is larger and one is a table top that are 8 and 10 watt versions that are pulsed (I think there are short versions)).

Finally , there are the two articulated arm versions that are their flagships including a CO2 unit that they are really positioning for periodontal therapy, and in addition a Erbium Yag .

The lasers are sleek looking and will give people another choice in the marketplace. Thanks to Chris Justen and to Sonny for showing me the products and to Sonny for sharing a few laughs and cocktails at night.

Wow , it was a busy show and great to see people…….I hope I didnt forget anyone, and like I said it is neat to see the lasers garnering so much attention.

Take care.

Glenn