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dkimmelSpectatorIt does.
If you use the autoclave just make sure they do not bake in the autocalve once the cycle is over. Also make sure they are at room temp before upluging them. Make sure the pulgs are in firmly. Check the o-rings from time to time.
It would be nice if the sent a wrench to remove the mirrors before autoclaving.
Hey did you get both handpieces with your MD or just one.
B the way welcome.
nvdental1SpectatorThanks for your suggestion Dave.
As soon as I get into the office tomorrow I will try the settings on the back of my hand. That’s nice to know and a great tip!
I did a Zoom bleaching on a pt that developed apthous ulcerations (2) on the mand lingual attached gingiva. I guess we didn’t isolate the area well enough. So the next go-round will be tomorrow.
There aren’t too many dentists in Las vegas with the laser and word has definetly gotten out about me. I’m proud :big grin:.
lookin4tSpectatorBruce,
You may have a number of incorrect assumptions. If you’re in NV on Friday, I’ll track you down. I’d like to meet you.
Glenn van AsSpectatorHi Pamela…….off to Vegas tomorrow to see Bob Gregg and company, and even the famous Ron Schalter will be at the RItz Carlton for Friday and Saturday. If you get a chance come by and say hi as its the Millenium Dental Technologies 2nd annual meeting and they even invite the odd oddball like me who cant quite buy their laser yet!!!
Take care
Glenn
adelddsSpectatorMy Hoya rep Vinny is bringing the DeLight to my office today for a ten day test drive. He will train me for the better part of tomorrow. (I am very excited).
Do you guys have a laser cookbook (Delight) to help me so that I have some clue for the settings?
What is the turtle tech that I have seen people write about?PS – I am signed up for the Charlotte meeting in March. I can’t wait to meet Glenn and Don. I hope you guys will be able to train me with the Versawave that I just ordered.
whitertthSpectatorHow adopted the CAMBRA pholosophy into their practice. What tests do u administer? Are you using Ivoclar’s saliva test or the new test from GC? what regimen do you put your patients on? Any using Mi past yet?
N8RVSpectatorAfter a couple hundred restorations, I’ve actually starting to learn a thing or two on my own. With all of the generous help I’ve gotten here from you guys, it’s time to share a little of what I’ve learned.
While this is not a novel concept, it came as a bit of an epiphany to me yesterday as I was opening yet another “stained groove” which turned into a BIG hole (I REALLY need to get a Diagnodent!) It occurred to me that, with the increase in magnification that I’ve been using since getting the lasers, things look really BIG. Hey, I told you it wasn’t a novel concept.
Anyway, I realized that most of my preps were too conservative. I thought I was making rather generous “toilet bowl” preps to allow complete removal of decay, only to find that they needed to be bigger. I finally looked AROUND my loupes to discover that what I thought were rather large preps were actually quite small by my unmagnified standards.
Knowing that, I need to concentrate on making my access preps even larger than I have been to allow better access. Having taken a look without magnification made me realize that even seemingly large preps under magnification are actually quite modest. I guess that’s the hazard of using two or three different levels of magnification during a day’s work.
I hope that helps fellow newbies and saves some frustration.
— Don McNamara
SwpmnSpectatorDr. Adelberg:
I see that you are a pediatric dentist. For the most part we treat elderly adults but do see a few kids. Therefore, my comments may have little value.
With the DELight erbium I personally have good “no anesthetic” success treating lesion Classes III, IV, V on adults and all deciduous tooth lesions using a setting of 10 Hz and 185-210mJoules. Some will argue that dropping the repitition rate to 10 Hz(as opposed to 20 or 30Hz) will have insignificant effects with regard to pain transmission. All I can say is that this setting has worked better for me than any type of “laser pre-analgesic/anesthetic” treatment.
Keep us informed on how the Versawave works out. My positive experience with a HOYA erbium has been that a failure in the delivery system only occurs in the laser tip. So you may blow a โ tip but don’t have to worry about blowing a several hundred to several thousand dollar trunk fiber.
Al
SwpmnSpectatorIf I were to get involved with LASER treatment of periodontitis, it would only be a doctor-applied procedure along the lines of what McCarthy and Gregg promote with their Nd:YAG.
This is simply a personal opinion based on what I have studied and experienced over the last four years.
Al
N8RVSpectatorQUOTEQuote: from nvdental1 on 12:38 am on Feb. 17, 2005I did a Zoom bleaching on a pt that developed apthous ulcerations (2) on the mand lingual attached gingiva.
Pam, glad to see that you’re having fun! I did the same with a cold sore on a hygienist, except that after using the Er:YAG, I hit it the next day with the diode and the erbium — never broke out and by day three, there was no evidence that it was ever there. Pretty cool, huh?
Just a side note, however, on your reference to an aphthous ulcer on the attached gingiva on your Zoom patient …
Way back when I was taught that RAU didn’t occur on attached gingiva, but lesions there would be herpetic. Unless things have changed (and LOTS of things have!), you might want to treat it as a herpes lesion and not a RAU and take some precautions against infection.
— Don
adelddsSpectatorYesterday I test drove the DeLight in my office for the first time. I am amazed.
My hygienest volunteered for a max labial frenectomy (yes, she needed one).
The procedure went very smooth. I think I used a 10/30-50 and no H2O. When it started to bleed I backed away a bit, increased the mj and basically corterized it from a far. Then I went back in at a lower setting to continue. The procedure was so smooth and my entire staff was flabergasted. I only used Dr K soln and no local. She reported little if any pain. I did take some pics that I wll try to post in the future.
What do you guys recommend for post op? Do you apply anything to the area? (btw I am a pedo DDS so a perio pack will not do) Any Abx? Pain meds? Eating or brushing restrictions? Follow up time? How long does the avg pt experience discomfort?
btw – she took some advil later in the evening after working in the office for 5 hours. I spoke with her this morning and she feels great! She said it feels like a scab is in her mouth but for the most part normal.
She can’t believe when she smiles that you can now see her upper incisors!!!
I am officialy hooked!
I just ordered two of Hoya’s versawaves.
Marc
dkimmelSpectatorWhat a sad day Thursday was. They came and took the last scope away. So I am now scopeless. Looks like I’ll have to decide and put done my nickel.
smlugerSpectatorDave,
Say the magic word, and I’ll have you set up with a scope that will blow your socks off. If you like the pictures that Ron took, I can get you to do the same.
It just so happens I’m here in Florida, so it would ne an easy thing to start the ball rolling.Stefan Luger
410-977-2840
AnonymousSpectatorHi Marc, glad things went so well.
We open a capsule of vitamin E and apply a little right after the procedure and give the patient a couple more to take home and do the same thing with.
We just tell them to stay away from spicey foods and take whatever they prefer in the way of OTC antiinflammatories. If I have any concerns [or if I want pics 😉 ] we’ll see them in a week.
adelddsSpectatorwhy Vit E? Do you do this with other soft tissue procedures?
Thanks,
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