Treating gum disease with lasers.

LANAP (LASER ASSISSTED NEW ATTACHMENT PROCEDURE)

If you have periodontal disease and surgery will be required, it is important to know about the laser surgery called LANAP (Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure).

ADVANCED PERIODONTAL DISEASE

PERIODONTAL POCKET

LANAP laser gum surgery does not require the use of a blade, or sutures. It is a minimally invasive surgery that results in very little recession and pain for the patient. The laser operates at a wavelength that can tell the difference between the diseased tissue and the healthy tissue. This means that the laser is extremely safe and selective when being used in surgery. For the first time we can remove the diseased tissue and bacteria from your gums without harming, cutting, or removing healthy tissue! 

The laser light is delivered via a very small fiber optic about the width of 3 human hairs that is directed precisely at the tissues in question. This color of light is transmitted through normal cells like sunlight through a windowpane, but it seeks out and “vaporizes” the darkly pigmented bacteria known to cause periodontitis.

The laser’s benefits are based on its ability to remove the sub-gingival diseased connective tissue and pocket lining, and to kill bacteria.

Once the diseased lining cells of the periodontal pockets are destroyed with the laser, the root surfaces of the teeth are thoroughly cleaned with ultrasonic scalers. After the root surfaces are cleaned, the living cells in the supporting bone are stimulated to release growth factors. Bleeding, a normal part of any surgery, is stabilized by the laser.

The LANAP procedure developed for periodontal gum treatment is minimally invasive and can result in less tissue removal and bleeding, plus less discomfort and tissue shrinkage (gum recession) than conventional periodontal surgery — and without scalpels or sutures.

Difference between traditional gum surgery and laser surgery:

                    FLAP SURGERY                                          LASER SURGERY (LANAP)

1) Need a scalpel to cut and reflect the gum          1) No need of blades.                                    tissue back to clean pocket.
2) Use of flaps or bone grafting materials to           2) No need of flap or bone graft materials      achieve reattachment of gum tissue to                   because living cells stimulation done        root surface.                                                            to release growth factors, to form new                                                                                      attachment.
3) Painful and require pain medication.                  3) Less discomfort.
4) Expect more recession of gum tissue.               4) Little to no recession of gum tissue.
5) Healing time is slow.                                          5) Faster healing time.
6) Food restriction will be there for 2-3 days.         6) No food restrictions.
7) Sutures needed.                                                 7) No need of sutures.
8) Done in 4 sittings- 4 quadrants.                          8) All at a time one sitting.
9) Restricted mouth opening.                                  9) No mouth opening restrictions.
10) Without placement of bone graft material         10) Bone formation is seen without bone         there is no bone formation.                                     graft material placement.
11) More bleeding seen.                                          11) Bleeding is minimal.



CONCLUSION:

It is important to keep in mind that lasers can’t simply cure gum disease with a single zap. Rather, control of periodontal (gum) disease and maintenance of health is an ongoing process dependent upon: long-term daily oral hygiene (biofilm control); regular periodontal maintenance at the dental office (often at three-month intervals); and professional monitoring and evaluation.

Rootz Dental Care and Implant Center has specialists with proven expertise in Periodontology. For more information regarding treatments contact us today.

                                             

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