LANAP in the Los Angeles Business Journal

The Los Angeles Business Journal is featuring an article about Laser Periodontal Therapy (LANAP) in the June 23, 2008 edition. One of my patients and I was interviewed for the article. It can be found here.

Study Shows Bad Teeth May Increase Heart Disease in Younger Men

Here is a another study showing the correlation between good health, and a healthy mouth. To read more click here"This is the first study to find a significant association between chronic periodontitis and the risk of coronary heart disease, even after adjusting for important confounding factors," says Thomas Dietrich, MD, DMD, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine and one of the studies authors.

Dr. Eric Johnson to Speak at the Townie Meeting 2009

Dr Eric Johnson has been invited to speak at the 2009 Townie Meeting this April in Las Vegas, NV. The site of the meeting is at Caesar's Palace. The Townie Meeting is an annual event, with a strong program of speakers presenting many programs on differing facets of dentistry. Dr Johnson will be presenting a program about implementing LANAP, (Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure) in the general dental practice. LANAP is a groundbreaking, minimal-invasive procedure for gum disease (periodontitis) that is an alternative to conventional cut and sew surgery. The program is sponsored in part by Millennium Dental Technologies, makers of the Periolase, the laser used in the LANAP procedure, and also The Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry (IALD), the exclusive provider of training and education to dentists of the LANAP protocol. Dr. Eric Johnson is a general dentist practicing in Torrance, CA and is a Certified Instructor for the IALD.