LANAP in the NEWS

This is a video in our local NEWS cast regarding LANAP


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Periodontist and LANAP

This is one of my favorite Videos. This is Tom McCawley a periodontist, past President of Periodontists Society. He was the second author on the Chalie Cob paper that showed lasers burned roots. In Tom's words Charlie falsified the results. Charlie is also the spokes hole for the AAP regarding Lasers and Periodontics. Charlie has been exposed as a liar on Dentaltown.

Gum Disease linked to Dementia

MORGANTOWN, Va., June 24 (UPI) -- Brushing teeth and flossing may not only reduce gum disease and stroke but memory loss, U.S. researchers suggest.

In an ongoing study, researchers at West Virginia University in Morgantown gave oral exams, memory tests and, if subjects agreed, a blood test to 270 people age 70 or older in more than a dozen West Virginia counties.

The researchers found about 23 percent of the group suffers from mild to moderate memory loss".

We're looking for markers in the blood that show inflammation to see if there is a link to memory problems," one study researcher, Dr. Richard Crout, said in a statement.
It is not yet understood whether mouth microorganisms create health problems or whether the body's inflammatory response is to blame. Crout said it may be a combination.
However, the connection between severe dementia and gum disease is already well-known, although clinicians often do not realize gum disease affects memory, Crout said.
"Older people might want to know there's more reason to keep their mouths clean -- to brush and floss -- than ever," Crout said in a statement. "You'll not only be more likely to keep your teeth, but you'll also reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke and memory loss."

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Patient experience with LANAP

This patient relates her experience with Lanap (Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure).

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Published Article on LANAP in Compendium

I recently was published in a a Peer Reviewed article in Compendium.

Here is a link

Laser Surgery article

If you go on the link below you will find videos of the patients that were in the article.


Laser Dental Surgery

Laser Bacterial Kill

This is a good article that shows the diference between the ND:Yag and the Diode laser where it coresponds to killing P.Gingivalis. A known bacteria in Periodontal disease.

Link to laser article

The take home is "The dfference in therapeudic index between Nd:YAG and diode indicates that the pulsed Nd:YAG has a 16 times greater selectivity for destruction of pigmented oral
pathogens than the diode laser"

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