Here are just a few more…….gotta go and do some lectures…..

Cya

Glenn

Sounds great to me………I am not big on the DT one as I get ridiculed constantly about it. PErhaps after the Dentistry Today article comes out in June then there will be more interest. Its a coming technology and it is interesting to see all the cracks.

I see them each day but to be honest with you have never thought about them the way David Clark has but I tell you it is amazing how many I see under Occlusal amalgams.

If Ron wants a magnfication forum for lasers or whatever , I am happy to help out there.

Glenn

Jeff: this is exactly the problem with many laser buyers.

Guys like Andrew Shearon who buy after a ton of research are far and few between.

THe next question they ask after the box arrives…….

Who trains me to use this?

I really think it is a shame that there is so much misinformation out there. One of the things I like about Rons site is that there are some very very good Biolase users showing me how they use their machine. You show me your Opus dent, I have the Delight.

As for soft tissue there are so many manufacturers out there and so many products that there is room for all of them and they all work.

I think that there are better lasers for soft tissue applications than the erbium yag that will do a better job coagulating.

I talked to Christopher Schmid today from the Laser Institute for Dentistry in Toronto Canada today and we talked about a gentleman who was doing a demo for the Delight and had a HUGE class v with very inflamed tissue that he wanted to do the soft tissue without anesthetic with the Erbium. Chris asked me what settings to use………

I told him……….

Try a soft tissue laser.

Its not fair to expect reps to know all this but there is a TON of misinformation out there which the sales reps speak like they have used the laser for 5 years on patients when they have NEVER used it once themselves. They speak with experience of the competitors when many dont even know what the competitors look like and have never turned one on let used one.

Its just ridiculous. Post the name of the guy and let guys like Robert send them a little email about it.

Its not reserved for Biolase, but for all companies.

Tell us what your product can do…..

Stop badmouthing the competition and learn a little about laser physics and laser safety before spouting off that you know it all.

THe part about not worrying about laser safety really worries me.

Oh well………..c’est la vie (thats life)

Glenn

PS you should have said something with all you know!

Glenn

Hi Mark & Glenn,

Nice documentation of cracks in teeth. I see them all the time even without any magnification. Hoping to get into this soon though.

Are you using scopes as well, Mark? The images look magnified.

Andrew

Hi Bob

Re: the laser frenectomy- and the use of anesthesia. Do you use just topical or inject a few drops of local into the surgical site?

The most important things for me are to keep the patient comfortable and do quality dentistry in a relaxed atmosphere… so I prefer using some anesthesia to assure patient comfort

I bought TAC Gel and am wondering if this will provide sufficient anesthesia for the surgery. It seems quite potent- I used it today on an endo case. The patient had deep caries and when I touched the pulp she felt it a lot, even though she was profoundly numb with an Septocaine block and interlig Septocaine. I took a small ball of cotton, saturated it with TAC Gel and placed it on the exposure for about one minute. I then was able to do a direct pulpal without pain and she felt nothing for the entire procedure.

Look forward to your reply

With thanks, Jerry