one of the contra-indications of biostim is steroids.
I don’t know how long you would have to wait for it to clear.
I’d call Millenium for the nearest laser user and then it’s up to the pt.

Keith

Emperical evidence suggests they block the very mechanisms at the cellular level that allows biostim to work in the first place–even makes pain worse in muscular-tendon injuries.

Bob

Hey Bob – another paresthesia question.

I started treating a patient who lost feeling after implant placement 6 years ago. She started getting feeling back after the first biostim and was delighted. Today was her 4th time. She says that after the last one, she started getting a burning sensation in the lip. I am running with – that means it’s helping since there is more feeling, but obviously burning isn’t desirable. We did more treatment today. Is my thinking ok or flawed? Should we keep going?

Thanks

Janet

Could y'all give me a 2 year status report of your patients' parasthesia.

Hi Ron-

I am a four year user of the periolase. I just had my first parathesia case after a particularly bad lower molar endo. She has numbness on the left tip of the tongue, a triangular area of 2.5 X 2.5 X 3.0 cm. At what setting are you reccommending the biostim? For how long? Should we try to aim for the area of injection mainly, or more diffuse. Extraoral, intraoral or both. What kind of informed consent should we use? ANy forms around here that would work? Thanks for the help getting me logged on. Lastly, this patient was never treated with the laser prior to this incident. Thanks, Forrest