TSDentSurg
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Why don't more dentists and periodontists train in LANAP? It seems like it could definitely be a superior alternative to SRP+Arestin, gingivectomy, flap debridement, and forestall the need for bone grafting and extraction of mobile teeth.
I've seen reports of it reducing 12 mm pockets to 2-3 mm ones! http://www.lasergumdentist.com/LANAP-Cases.html#2737
Patients can then avoid costly bone grafting and implants, or unwieldly splinting and SRP, which does nothing to regenerate the lost bone and attachment, merely slowing the progression of the infection and bone resorption.
It always find it interesting that we don't use these new and clinically-validated procedures, instead preferring to do what we're familiar with, even if it's more expensive and damaging to the patient.
A patient can have their infected gums LANAPed and their mobile teeth splinted during the healing process, thus allowing them to keep otherwise-healthy teeth. Or they can have their mobile teeth extracted, a bone graft+Maryland bridge, and then an implant-supported bridge.
The former allows them to stabilize and keep their natural teeth, and allowing them to get back to a natural life within a few weeks. The latter requires a least a year before they can eat their favorite foods like steak and stuff, as they need an extraction and bone graft, wait six months for that to heal, then placement of implants, and up to six months before they osseointegrate and can be restored.
I've seen reports of it reducing 12 mm pockets to 2-3 mm ones! http://www.lasergumdentist.com/LANAP-Cases.html#2737
Patients can then avoid costly bone grafting and implants, or unwieldly splinting and SRP, which does nothing to regenerate the lost bone and attachment, merely slowing the progression of the infection and bone resorption.
It always find it interesting that we don't use these new and clinically-validated procedures, instead preferring to do what we're familiar with, even if it's more expensive and damaging to the patient.
A patient can have their infected gums LANAPed and their mobile teeth splinted during the healing process, thus allowing them to keep otherwise-healthy teeth. Or they can have their mobile teeth extracted, a bone graft+Maryland bridge, and then an implant-supported bridge.
The former allows them to stabilize and keep their natural teeth, and allowing them to get back to a natural life within a few weeks. The latter requires a least a year before they can eat their favorite foods like steak and stuff, as they need an extraction and bone graft, wait six months for that to heal, then placement of implants, and up to six months before they osseointegrate and can be restored.
