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LightScalpel Functional Frenectomies and Frenuloplasties: A Partial Literature Review
By: Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2020 in Dental Sleep Practice

Find out why doctors choose the LightScalpel CO2 laser when performing functional frenectomies and frenuloplasties. This partial literature review emphasizes the importance of oro-myofunctional therapy and weighs the differences between the LightScalpel and other laser modalities when treating tethered oral tissues.

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Dr. Laura Hancock Interview

In this video interview Laura Hancock Jones, DMD, shares her experience with LightScalpel CO2 lasers both as a patient and as a practitioner. Dr. Hancock primarily uses the LightScalpel laser

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Michael F. Iseman, DDS – Interview

Michael F. Iseman, DDS, uses a LightScalpel CO2 laser for soft-tissue dental procedures including infant frenectomy. In this interview, Dr. Iseman shares his and his patient’s experiences with the LightScalpel

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LightScalpel 10,600 nm CO<sub>2</sub> Laser Procedures in Pediatric Patients
By: Kaplan, Martin and Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2020 in Dental Sleep Practice

The many uses for a soft tissue CO2 laser in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics, such as gingivectomies, frenectomies, exposure of impacted teeth, and others, feature minimal blood loss and reduced discomfort for the patients.

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Finding the Best Frenectomy Tool

Fifteen laser frenectomy providers from USA, Canada, and Europe compare their experiences using the LightScalpel CO2 laser vs scissors, electrocautery, and other surgical laser systems such as diode, erbium, and

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Managing an Atrophic Mandible With Short Implants
By: Winter, Richard | Published: 2018 in Dentistry Today

In this case short implants were used to allow for a fixed prosthesis. A variety of technologies, including the LightScalpel laser, helped facilitate ideal implant placement and were welcomed adjuncts for this case.

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Functional Frenectomy (Osteopathically Guided)
By: Geis, Michael, Kundel, Leonard, and Vitruk, Peter | Published: 2018 in Dental Sleep Practice

In order to rebuild the necessary orofacial function in adult patients, a Tongue-Tie Functional Release includes the mandatory pre- and post- frenectomy myofunctional therapy and the CO2 laser frenectomy...

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