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  • in reply to: renaming your practice #8574

    the problem in my case is that the other dentist does’nt use laser as much as I do. The other problem is that I use not just lasers but also cerec. I keep the name of dental clinic with my name but in quebec city lot fo people know that we are the high tech dentistry center in quebec city

    in reply to: Off Topic #3128

    Robert Gregg DDS
    Spectator

    For Immediate Release

    Millennium Dental Technologies Announces the Hiring of Tom Haney as VP of Business Development

    CERRITOS, Calif., February 13, 2007/PR newswire/ — Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc. (MDT) announced today it has hired Tom Haney as Vice President of Business and Development. Prior to joining MDT, Tom was Vice President of Dental Products at Hoya ConBio in Fremont California. During his tenure there, he was instrumental in launching laser products utilizing erbium all-tissue and diode soft-tissue technologies.

    Tom Haney has been actively involved for over 27 years in laser technologies and their uses in medicine and dentistry. During this time, he has held various senior management-level positions in marketing, sales, and product development.

    “We have known Tom for over ten of our 18 years in the dental laser industry and liked him personally and respected him as a competitor in the dental laser marketplace,” stated Delwin K. McCarthy, DDS, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of MDT.

    Tom’s duties at MDT will encompass national and international business development and comes at a key time as the company starts eyeing the international market after two and one-half years of domestically focused marketing and sales.

    “The addition of Tom to our executive management team is an exciting development in the company’s transition from a start-up, “up-start” to an emerging growth company”, said Robert H. Gregg, DDS, President and Co-Founder of MDT.

    Tom echoed similar sentiments, “I have known Bob and Del for as long as I have been involved with dental lasers, and have been amazed at the remarkable success of their company in such a short time. Now that I have seen their operation up close, I am not surprised at that success. They have a wonderful combination of versatile laser technology and a highly effective system of teaching that technology to their customers.”

    Tom has achieved Advanced Proficiency Certification in both Erbium and Diode lasers from the Academy of Laser Dentistry. Tom’s education includes a B.S. in Materials Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.Ed. in Science Education from Rutgers University. Prior to getting into the laser industry, he discovered his love for teaching with a stint teaching chemistry in the West Indies with the Peace Corps, and then followed with six years teaching at a private high school in Vermont.

    Millennium Dental Technologies manufactures the PerioLase MVP-7™ dental laser for use in the company’s FDA cleared and patented gum disease treatment protocol, called Laser-ANAP, which replaces scalpel and suture surgery for the treatment of moderate to severe gum disease.

    Laser ANAP stands for “Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure,” and is a specific gum disease treatment protocol cleared by the FDA in July of 2004. LANAP, as it is also referred, has a unique and company specific regulatory claim for “cementum-mediated new periodontal ligament attachment to the root surface in the absence of long junctional epithelium.”

    Tom commented on the LANAP dentists and their protocol, “I got to know many of MDT’s customers who also owned lasers from Hoya ConBio, and was always impressed with how passionate everyone was with the success of the PerioLase in treating periodontal disease. Not only were the results so good with severe periodontal cases, but the treatment itself was extremely patient-friendly compared with traditional modalities.”

    50 people out of 100 have moderate to severe gum disease, 40 out of the 50 don’t know it, and only 3 people out of 100 will ever get treated before it’s too late to save their teeth or reverse associated medical conditions.

    Gum disease is a silent, painless, chronic, communicable, bacterial infection that often goes undetected or ignored until severe gum and bone destruction catch the individual’s attention. Traditional treatments for gum disease have until Laser-ANAP been perceived as extreme and painful, which encourage people’s procrastination.

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    SOURCE: Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc. 02/13/07

    Additional information can be viewed at http://www.millenniumdental.com

    /CONTACT: Paxton Quigley 818-986-4502 or paxq@aol.com, MDT Public Relations; or Dr. Delwin McCarthy, CTO of MDT, 562-860-2908 or dmccarthy@millenniumdental.com

    in reply to: Biolase EZlase #8207

    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

    in reply to: New Diodent Micro #7985

    yes ,I have seen the diodent micro. It look to be a beautiful machine with a sterilisable fiber. I just don’t known the power of that 980nm.

    in reply to: Soft Tissue Procedures #3401

    mziegler
    Spectator

    I am a dentist practicing in Dubai, UAE and the only one using the laser outside of America. I have some patients with the pigmentation of the gums and their question is, if it is possible to remove or reduce pigmentation with laser.
    Thanks to all,
    Mike Ziegler

    (Edited by mziegler at 2:19 am on Feb. 21, 2007)
    Trying to send the picture but “Insert Image”is not working, what could be a possible problem?

    (Edited by mziegler at 2:28 am on Feb. 21, 2007)

    in reply to: Pigmentation of the gums #10935

    spider24
    Spectator

    Hi mziegler,

    i found te following articel:

    Olaf

    in reply to: Pigmentation of the gums #10934

    Anonymous
    Spectator

    Mike see your private message for image help.
    Also, check this thread on pigmentation-

    http://www.rwebstudio.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard//topic.cgi?forum=50&topic=14

    in reply to: Pigmentation of the gums #10936

    Kenneth Luk
    Spectator

    Hi Mike,
    what wavelength will you be using ?
    Ken

    in reply to: Ergonomics #5369

    Kenneth Luk
    Spectator

    Hi Dino,
    I wish I can afford all these high tech equipments in all my ops!
    Very nice ops.
    Ken

    in reply to: Ergonomics #5352

    DinoDMD
    Spectator

    Thanks Ken!
    With the boring life-style I lead (with my main hobby being, you quessed it, work), you too could shower yourself with many equipments. I think I’d rather have a real hobby like snorkeling in the Caymans or something! 🙂

    Dino

    in reply to: General Nd:YAG Forum #2732

    Lazerdental
    Spectator

    Howard, post moved to more appropriate forum.

    in reply to: Laser Fibers #5572

    Anonymous
    Spectator

    Moved to For Sale

    <a href="http://www.rwebstudio.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard//topic.cgi?forum=46&topic=8&#8243; target=”_self”>Moved here

    in reply to: Perio revisited #5560

    tschoen
    Spectator

    I would not put any &#36 into this tooth unless patient insisted. If no infection is present and patient has no symptoms, what is the harm of leaving it as it is Matt?
    Prognosis is certainly poor, but it is a second molar so when/if you end up removing it it is not the end of the world. If the patient really wants a tooth there, then extract and graft bone, otherwise, no news is good news.

    in reply to: Perio revisited #5562

    Kenneth Luk
    Spectator

    This can also a endo problem because there can be communication of pulpal involvement at furcation area. I’ll test for vitality. If decide to extract, open up the pulp chamber and see if the pulp is already necrotic. If so, endo first.
    Ken

    in reply to: General Diode Forum #3015

    DDSofMARIN
    Spectator

    Bought a mess of a practice… which happened to have an Opus 5 Diode laser. There are two pairs of random goggles in the office *supposedly* for use with the laser, but I want to be sure that I am protected adequately. I know that the laser puts out anywhere from 810-850 nm, and if you ask opusdent, they’ll say that you need to wear THEIR eye protection (&#36400 a pop!) becuase there are other factors besides wavelength to consider and additionally, goggles should be replaced periodically becuase over time their protective effect wanes.Â

    As far as the goggles that are presently in the office are concerned, one pair is made by “Laser Vision” and has the following sanskrit written on the frame:

    DI Â Â 780-800 L2W DIN S
    DI > 800-830Â L3W DIN S
    DI > 830-905 L4W DIN S

    what the>>>rock.gif

    the other pair in the office looks ancient and is made by “American Dental Technologies”. this pair has the following written on the frame:

    OD 5+@190-375nm
    OD 4+@730-855nm
    OD 7+@755-840nm
    OD 6+@10600nm

    i am assuming that “OD” stands for “optical density”, but otherwise I am baffled? it looks like they are giving various levels of protection to each pair of glasses. are these ok? what end is up? help!

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