Laser-assisted new attachment procedure

<p>Laser-assisted new attachment procedure (LANAP) is a surgical therapy for the treatment of <a href="/facts/Periodontal_disease/LFnGqDB5">periodontitis</a>, intended to work through <a href="/facts/Regeneration_(biology)/DHkSrakp">regeneration</a> rather than <a href="/facts/Segmental_resection/Lsvle5Cs">resection</a>. This therapy and the <a href="/facts/Laser/jk6PTvvT">laser</a> used to perform it have been in use since 1994. It was developed by Robert H. Gregg II and Delwin McCarthy.
</p><p>In LANAP surgery, a variable free-running pulsed <a href="/facts/Neodymium/GzDkTIoI">neodymium</a>:<a href="/facts/Yttrium/BlX6rj99">yttrium</a>-<a href="/facts/Aluminum/7wmR8jYE">aluminum</a>-<a href="/facts/Garnet/kqh2lWQI">garnet</a> (<a href="/facts/Nd:YAG/n3Y2LHRc">Nd:YAG</a> at 1064 nm wavelength) is used by a <a href="/facts/Dentist/mNfpJUen">dentist</a> or <a href="/facts/Periodontist/rjN1I7KD">periodontist</a> to treat the <a href="/facts/Periodontal_pocket/Th96wmaj">periodontal pocket</a>. The laser is intended to selectively remove diseased or infected pocket <a href="/facts/Epithelium/ecKHcHC3">epithelium</a> from the underlying <a href="/facts/Connective_tissue/mal3fc7k">connective tissue</a>. The Nd:YAG laser has been shown to reduce levels of microbial pathogens in periodontal pockets and vaporize the pocket-lining epithelium without causing damage to the underlying connective tissue.
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Laser-assisted new attachment procedure