Laser Dentistry Articles
15 articles by Dr. O
These articles explain how dental lasers are used to treat gum disease and deep pockets, disinfect infected root canals with PIPS, place laser and ozone fillings that can help avoid a root canal, and support healing after extractions.
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September 4, 2025
Holistic Dentistry 2025 and Why It’s Healthier
What is Holistic Dentistry? What makes it different from the traditional practice of dentistry? To understand the difference, let’s first consider the...
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November 18, 2024
How Lasers Support Dental Health
Currently, Integrative Dentistry has three types of Lasers available for treating patients. Erbium, Nd:YAG, and Diode lasers. The Fotona laser used at...
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August 12, 2024
Integrative Dentistry: Our 20-Year Anniversary
In March of 2004 Integrative Dentistry found its new home! It had taken six years and multiple offices to land us in our new digs. And we have always ...
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June 16, 2023
Lasers and Dentistry
The Advantages of Laser Gum Surgery The Phase Contrast Microscope In 2009 I figured out a unique way to use a phase contrast microscope and transfer t...
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December 28, 2022
Laser/Ozone Fillings to Prevent Root Canals
Dr. O’Rielly has been using ozone and the Fotona laser to prevent root canals and treat root canal infections since 2018. When combined in certain typ...
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September 28, 2022
What’s Better for Extractions – PRF or Laser Ozone?
We often get calls from patients asking if this office uses PRF (Platelet Rich Fibrin). More and more patients are doing research and want to avoid th...
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July 18, 2022
Should I Treat My Root Canal Infection or Extract my Tooth?
No one wants to lose a tooth. This is very natural and normal. Thanks to the advent of Photon Induced Photoacoustic streaming (PIPS), a technology lic...
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October 29, 2021
Why Routine Cleanings are Important and When to Use Lasers
Precision Dental Medicine is no longer just about measuring pockets; it means looking at the totality of the situation, including the body’s equilibri...
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October 7, 2021
The Root Canal Cover-Up: Did George Meinig Have it Right?
Did George Meinig have it right when he wrote ‘The Root Canal Cover-Up back in 1993? Yes and no. The reason I say this is explained below, so keep rea...
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July 6, 2021
Dr. Mercola Interviews Root Canal Specialist
I was a little surprised when I heard that Dr. Mercola interviewed Dr Kanter, a root canal specialist. Dr. Mercola is a man with a mission, familiar t...
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March 16, 2021
Oral Systemic Health – Why It Matters
In this post we discuss a unique model of prevention, treatment and maintenance that you will not find anywhere else. In order to maintain oral health...
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August 14, 2018
How To Heal Root Canals and Infected Teeth with Photon Induced Photoacoustic Streaming
There has been a lot of controversy over the last decade or two about root canals. The disagreement is usually between dentists and root canal special...
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