Dentistry for the New Millennium

Marika Lockhart, RDH, shares her long-time experience using the PerioLase MVP-7 on patients in her hygiene operatory.  Which patients are candidates for Laser Pocket Disinfection vs. LANAP?  How does the PerioLase fit into an overall periodontal treatment plan, and how does she view its contributions toward overall periodontal health?

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.

Manhattan general dentist Erez Cohen, DDS, shifted his career coming out of the pandemic to build his next chapter around offering the LANAP protocol in multiple GP offices around the city.  What started as something he just “knew he had to do,” led to eventually opening his own office, where periodontitis and peri-implantitis treatment with the PerioLase MVP-7 is the focus.  Hear how working with several different offices works, and how his clinical results compared to his expectations before getting trained.

Mississippi general dentist Ryan Tracy, DMD, did a remarkable amount of due diligence before deciding to incorporate the LANAP protocol into his practice a decade ago.  Here, he describes how his reality with LANAP matches up to his expectations, plus his experience with patient acceptance, pocket depth reduction, return on investment, and what he did to elicit tears from a middle-aged baseball coach in his practice.

As a new graduate, Denver-based general dentist Dr. Mohamed Hakim pondered what kind of care he would offer to his patients. His decision to pursue fantastic care led him to the LANAP protocol with the PerioLase MVP-7. Here, he discusses his clinical priorities in growing a patient base, discusses the dreaded “supervised neglect”, and touches on the numerous ways he has grown to use his PerioLase MVP-7 for implant placement, peri-implantitis, and more.

Chicago-based periodontist Christine Gadia, DDS, MS, knew she wanted to offer a laser alternative to conventional periodontitis treatment.  Listen to why she ultimately chose the PerioLase MVP-7 for the LANAP protocol, and how her patient acceptance & clinical outcomes compared to her expectations.  Plus, she discusses other ways in which she’s using her PerioLase and how she works with her referring dentists to offer treatment for her patients that they are more likely to accept.

Massachusetts General Dentist Sathish Palayam, DDS, was inspired to incorporate LANAP into his practice by his mentor, Dr. Ray Yukna, but didn’t foresee the ways in which he would use the laser beyond the full-mouth periodontal protocol.  In this episode, Dr. Palayam explains his patient-friendly successes in combining CBCT and LANAP, both before and after treatment, and his consistent, reproducible results in lessening pain associated with TMD.

Medford, Oregon periodontist Kyle Malloy, DDS, knew he wanted to offer the PerioLase MVP-7 for the LANAP protocol right away upon purchasing his own practice to stay on the forefront of technology and offer his patients an alternative to traditional osseous surgery, however he didn’t anticipate how far patients would drive to see him for treatment!  Dr. Malloy shares some of his patient success stories, why follow-up training is important, and how his long family history of dentistry inspired him to continue the legacy.

Bay Area periodontist Jeremy Ueno, DMD, explains his decision to integrate the PerioLase MVP-7 for the LANAP protocol right out of dental school, a full 12 years ago, and how he has grown his practice to include multiple LANAP-trained clinicians and multiple PerioLase MVP-7 lasers.  Dr. Ueno also explains more about his full-arch implant practice and training center, how he uses his laser on "every patient, every day" in sometimes unexpected ways, and why his book, Oral Fitness, is so personal to him.

Beverly Hills, CA dentist Vivian Roknian, DMD, may be new to the LANAP family, but she’s primed for success.  Here she explains how she grew to be interested in lasers, and how she plans to pivot her practice from “living and dying by the scalpel” to saving teeth and implants instead.  Plus, for Women’s Health Week, she discusses how her own dietary restriction led to a special interest in the connection between nutrition and oral health for her patients.