When you have periodontal disease, LANAP™ (Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure) offers you a regenerative treatment option that is more comfortable, more cosmetic, less invasive, and less expensive with results that are comparable to guided bone regeneration or bone grafting.

Cosmetically, this procedure is the most preserving of tissues around the teeth compared to any procedures requiring traditional flap access. Any treatment of periodontal disease has some effect on the inflammation caused by the disease process. As the inflammation resolves, there will be some shrinkage of the soft tissues, and LANAP™ keeps this change to a minimum because only the unhealthy tissue is removed.

Full mouth treatment with LANAP™ may reduce the time for a surgical procedure by about 50 percent. The procedure is offered as either a full mouth treatment in one sitting or two half mouth procedures split over two visits, less than one month apart. Typically, the one sitting option is accomplished

most comfortably with conscious sedation, similar to what is

used for procedures such as a colonoscopy.