Dentistry for the New Millennium

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.

Bay Area prosthodontist Gregory Louie, DDS, shares how the PerioLase MVP-7 fits in to his prosthodontics practice in ways both that he expected and some he didn't. Is full-arch reconstruction still necessary with this tool at his fingertips? How does the tissue look post-operatively? And how does he feel about not coming on board sooner?

A general dentist near Sydney, Australia, Hugh Fleming, BDS, became just the 4th doctor in Australia to offer the LANAP protocol to his patients. Find out how he adjusted his marketing strategy to educate a population unfamiliar with the procedure, and how he incorporates his 3 hygienists to provide a team approach to addressing gum disease "down under".

Manhattan hygienist Tatyana Ruzhinskaya, RDH, discusses how the PerioLase MVP-7 has enhanced the way she practices dental hygiene in an office that already offers the LANAP protocol. Hygienists can be the "gatekeepers" of perio in the practice, and she uses the PerioLase in more ways than you may think.

Husband-and-wife duo Max & Cerisa Moncayo implemented the PerioLase MVP-7 together in their Pacific Palisades, CA group practice. His oral surgery and her general dentistry disciplines both benefit from a wide variety of uses, and they discuss their "Swiss Army Knife"-like use of the laser -- and why they purchased a second one.

Louisville, KY periodontist Jill Hayes, DMD, explains why every day is a joy with her PerioLase MVP-7, from her long-term LANAP® protocol results to the value-added procedures she regularly performs (socket hemostasis, reversal of nerve paresthesia, and more). It's no wonder one patient told her staff he had heard "miracles happen in this office."

Michigan General Dentist John Leitner, DDS, shares why using his PerioLase MVP-7 in conjunction with his microscope is a technology "perfect marriage of technology". Plus, how he uses additional technology to assist with occlusal adjustment, and his experience educating an established patient base on laser dentistry after taking over his father's practice.

Manhattan periodontist Neal Lehrman, DDS, MS, recalls his overnight decision to offer the LANAP® protocol 15 years ago, which led to his influence in its inclusion in a post-graduate university curriculum, a peer-to-peer independent journal to publish cases, predictable treatment of osteoradionecrosis, and on the whole, 97% of the procedures he performs in his office.

Ohio Periodontist Jim Matia, DDS, MSD credits the PerioLase MVP-7 for the LANAP protocol for changing his practice, having over 5,000 surgical procedures now under his belt with his PerioLase. Hear him discuss the drastic reduction in post-operative pain, and how satisfying it is not to have to "hurt" his patients.

Pennsylvania periodontist Rebecca Wagner, DDS, MS completed her LANAP protocol training in early March, 2020. She received her PerioLase MVP-7 shortly thereafter…then the whole world changed and her practice shut down for 5 weeks. Dr. Wagner explains what happened next, from fearing she had just made a big mistake to crediting the PerioLase for her practice growing by over 20% in 2020.