Focus On: Laser Dentistry for the General Practice
Q: You have a long history of using dental lasers. How did you happen to get started using dental lasers so early in your career?
A: It’s a long story, but to summarize, I went to dental school for 5 years instead of the usual 4 years. Due to a mismatched class schedule, I ended up with some free time on most days. One of my instructors and mentors, Dr. Chuck Leibow, pushed me to do laser research. So for 2 years, I was a “lab rat,” injecting cancer cells into hamster cheek pouches and irradiating them with laser energy, then studying any changes that occurred. My research was published in a few journals, and I also presented my work at a few dental and medical meetings. When I started my private practice, I purchased my first laser, a soft-tissue CO2 laser, then I bought a hard-tissue laser, becoming one of the first dentists in the United States to use this technology. Not long after, I started teaching early adopters how to use hard-tissue lasers.
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A: It’s a long story, but to summarize, I went to dental school for 5 years instead of the usual 4 years. Due to a mismatched class schedule, I ended up with some free time on most days. One of my instructors and mentors, Dr. Chuck Leibow, pushed me to do laser research. So for 2 years, I was a “lab rat,” injecting cancer cells into hamster cheek pouches and irradiating them with laser energy, then studying any changes that occurred. My research was published in a few journals, and I also presented my work at a few dental and medical meetings. When I started my private practice, I purchased my first laser, a soft-tissue CO2 laser, then I bought a hard-tissue laser, becoming one of the first dentists in the United States to use this technology. Not long after, I started teaching early adopters how to use hard-tissue lasers.
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