Originally sparked with the thought that his children's generation must learn to treat periodontal disease differently, Los Angeles-area periodontist Glenn Roeder, DDS, chose to incorporate the LANAP protocol into his arsenal back in 2006. Over the next 17 years, he describes changes in his profession's attitude toward lasers, how offering LANAP positively affected case acceptance, and even long-term results from patients he first treated over a decade ago.