LANAP®Sacramento, CA
Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure
The LANAP protocol is the world’s first and only scientifically proven laser gum disease treatment with FDA clearance for True Periodontal Regeneration.
The LANAP protocol utilizes the unique PerioLase® MVP-7™, an Nd:YAG free running pulsed laser requiring specific knowledge and skills derivative of the LANAP protocol.
To you, the patient, this means:
- No cutting
- No stitches
- Less pain
- Regeneration of bone and tissues lost to gum disease
- Hope for hopeless teeth
- Less swelling
- Less tissue removed
- Faster recovery
The LANAP protocol:
- Eliminates the infection
- Allows removal of only diseased tissue without removing any healthy tissue
- Maintains the height of the tissue around teeth
- Minimizes pain and discomfort to the patient
- Closes the periodontal pocket to allow healing – regeneration– to take place
Controlling periodontal disease makes it possible to save and restore otherwise hopeless teeth.
Treatment Procedure
A) Periodontal probe indicates excessive pocket depth
B) PerioLase® MVP-7™ laser energy selectively vaporizes bacteria, endotoxins, diseased tissues and denatures pathologic proteins
C) Ultrasonic scaler tips remove root surface tartar
D) Bone is modified to release stem cells
E) PerioLase MVP-7 finishes cleaning pocket, stimulates natural growth factors, and aids in sealing pocket closed so new germs cannot enter
F) Healing of gums to clean root surface occurs
G) Bite trauma is adjusted
H) Tissues and bone regenerate for true healing
†Only FDA clearance for True Periodontal Regeneration with independent, peer-reviewed scientific proof on the LANAP protocol. *Full-mouth True Periodontal Regeneration
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