Allen, I can’t speak to the Lares protocol but you have the Millenium LPT down pretty well. As far as PD for the final pass coagulation, I find that I’m most often in the 550-650 usec range, although in some anterior areas I have decreased that significantly even going as low as 150. It does vary with the pocket and surrounding tissue.
I can’t imagine a hygienist 1st doing SRP. How are they going to get adequate access? Is Lares still providing their training via CD?

Hey Allen,

We taught Lares everything they know about laser perio–but not everything we know.:cool:    

Yet, we continue to learn about laser perio as we still practice what we innovated–and patented.

Laser SoftCare is a poor substitute/knock-off for LANAP.   (Now you all know a key reason we patented the procedure!)

Laser SoftCare has no scientific or clinical data or studies to support their methodology in the same manner in which Millennium has for LANAP.  Everything they reference is other people’s stuff and old methodologies repackaged as SoftCare.

I’m sure any pending or near-future 510(k) application for Laser ANAP would have nothing to reference other than the PerioLase MVP-7 as a “predicate” device.

Even if some company could get FDA clearance for Laser ANAP, and could successfully avoid patent/copyright litigation from Millennium Dental–it isn’t just knowing the parameters and the steps within the steps of the LANAP protocol, but knowing when to use what and how.  That’s all part of training of the sort you cannot get on some CD-ROM for ALD recognized Standard Proficiency and some pig jaw and black ink on paper exercises.

So like Ron stated, sometimes 150 is a more appropriate hemostasis setting under certain circumstances.  

The various circumstances are not likely to be known by a manufacturer w/o clinical expertise–or their incompletely trained substitute clinicians who may have slept through Bootcamp and/or not completed Day 4.

Maybe later I’ll tell you what I REALLY think @&^%&#36

Bob

Funny Ron,

Sounds like you are feeling better?

Liu showed 50% less working stokes after FRP Nd:YAG. Day 2 Notebook “Laser Literature”.

Now to go and torment David K.

Bob