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Glenn van AsSpectatorI have posted the healing photos and I thought this was the best healing I have seen in my 3 years doing lasers on soft and hard tissue. I got her in at 72 hours ( I usually do postop photos 6-7 days) because next week is Xmas holidays and we are off.
Glenn
Glenn van AsSpectatorHi Al………it is like a pen with different tips which I find to be better in two locations than my handpiece.
1. Buccal pits on lower molars where the cheek gets in the way as the patient tenses up and in addition with the Continuum handpiece I can come from the anterior and not get in the way of the cheek.
2. On occlusals of 2nd molars when the patient wont open up far…………
Its not often I do the occlusals but when I do the height from the tip of the laser to the head of the handpiece is much less than a bur and handpiece.
Glenn
Robert Gregg DDSSpectatorMark and Glenn,
Nice posts! Nice dentistry!
You posts are making me envious and motivated and energized to get back to work, hook up my camera to the scope, fire up the scanner, and post some photos.:biggrin:
Bob
PatricioSpectatorGlenn,
You are providing a great real time teaching tool with your photos. I know us beginners are benefiting a great deal for what you guys are showing us. I know there is a fibroma out there somewhere looking for me. Thanks.
Pat
whitertthSpectatorGreat stuff guys!! Got to love this venue for learning!
2thlaserSpectatorThis is wonderful. Thanks guys. I like everyones input, it gives me great ideas. Ron’s idea of using endotips before the build up, and the differing post ideas. I would have posted the radiograph, BUT, my other digital camera, which is much better for those, is down. Next time maybe. Thanks so much for everyone’s input, it really gives us all great insight into our own practice modalities, including what we can do with our lasers, photos, and teaching eachother. I will be out of town from Sunday through New Years, so probably no clinical posts, so everyone have a great holiday season, that is my wish for everyone on this board! You all are so great, and I have enjoyed, and still am enjoying getting to know each and every one of you. What’s even nicer, is that I have other people to refer to when a patient moves, or goes out of town. Like Ron in NYC. I have a patient who is a nanny there, and when she isn’t here, I have referred her to him for treatment if neccessary, and I have great comfort that she will see another laser dentist, who has a great commitment to our profession. I sleep well at night because of all of you. Thanks everyone again.
Sincerely,
Mark
2thlaserSpectatorP.S. Glenn, great case!!! as well. Yes, I CANNOT wait for the scope. I also can’t wait to visit you and learn a bit how to use it. I have some preliminary dates…I will email you soon. Keep up the great work!
Mark
Janet CenturySpectatorDang, that was really cool!
whitertthSpectatorOk Gang..My turn..8o y/o with hopeless tooth that wouldnt hold out till implant work was done…this tooth will be added as pontic to implant prosthesis… the tooth fractured under old crown. So we bust out our laser, soft tissue crown lenghtening, preped tooth with laser creating a depression where post would be( canal was calcified and didnt want to spend money on hopeless tooth). I undercut internal aspect for that depression ,etched, tenure corepaste and cemented crown back on… Note on secong photo I frosted tissue and prep , creating my “Laser Band Aid” of frost on the tissue
whitertthSpectatorI dont know why the before and middle pic didnt show up..it said it uploaded and inserted correctly…Ron Help?
AnonymousSpectatorWell that one was a challenge that took a bit of uploading and renaming to figure out.
The problem was in the name of the image. The spaces for some reason caused the link to look for angela20%band20% aid20%.jpg instead of angela ban aid.jpg
I think if the image files are named w/o spaces everything should be ok.
Let me know if I didn’t get them in the correct order.
Nice case Ron
Glenn van AsSpectatorHi Janet…….thanks for the compliments. It wasnt rocket science but it was cool and the pics worked out great I thought.
I just post these things for people to see. Its great to see Ron and Mark posting GREAT stuff like they are posting as well. Pictures educate all of us.
ALl the best for the holiday season.
Glenn
whitertthSpectatoru got them right …thanks for the help…little by little ill get better at posting these….
2thlaserSpectatorHey everyone,
Hope everyone is having a great week, and great holiday season. For all the Biolase users, I have been in contact with a gentleman named Andy Poursaid, who has been involved with Biolase for some time. He is, in my opinion, an expert with the engineering and troubleshooting with the Waterlase unit. He has intimate knowlege of how it works, and how to repair, and maintain it. Since he has been in my office, at installation, and taught me how to maintain the unit, I have had ZERO problems. I have invited him, at my request, to join us here in this forum, to help us with any problems, or potential problems we might have, or come up with. Please ask him questions, as he is a wealth of information. Ron, if you may, maybe set up a separate place for this type of thread, an engineering thread, so we can have other engineers, from Bob’s company, Glenn’s Continuum company, share engineering idea’s and trouble shooting? Just an idea. Hope everyone has a GREAT holiday season.
Sincerely,
Mark
2thlaserSpectatorGlenn,
Cool case. I wish the link could be “clicked” on here, it would’ve been easier to view, for me! What were your settings? Wattage, air/water? I know we have different units, BUT they really are similar. When I get my scope, maybe we can do some studies that show the similarities and differences. I have seen (not to open a pandora’s box here, because I like to keep this stuff on DT), the studies of Hydrokinetics, and the SEM’s and am trying to get you the “proof” that you have been dying for that it exists. I will continue to try, as I would love to put this thing to bed. We have lasers, they work in our hands, you for Continuum, me for Biolase, and I appreciate your need for science. I too would like a bit more as I am getting more focused on different uses and such. That case you did here was way cool, and makes me salivate at the prospect of a scope in my office. I know my pictures are of good quality, and it’s “scopelike” in their nature, but to SEE IT ACTUALLY LIVE and in PERSON would be cool. I envy you, (and envy is not a good quality!!). Thanks for sharing, and let’s just promise ourselves to be supportive with our “research” and case sharing. We really have alot to help dentistry move forward in this realm of lasers. I also want to invite Bob to share more about his Nd:YAG. We all should know what eachothers capabilities are, and continue to share. I don’t have all the answers to the science yet, but, that being said, I am going to try. I hope to have more for you after Dana Point. Keep up the great work, and posts, great teaching!
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