Wed 22 July 2026 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Melbourne North Group Meeting: Laser-Assisted New Attachment Procedure (LANAP)
LECTURE: Is scratching teeth all there is? Laser-Assisted New Attachment Procedure (LANAP)
Clinical periodontics has remained largely unchanged over the past few decades. Laser procedures have been viewed with suspicion and skepticism. The presentation will look at lasers in periodontics, and how NdYAG laser can have considerable clinical benefits, both biologically and for patient management. During COVID, a practice audit was completed of peri-implantitis cases treated with this technique and results will be presented.
Schedule
Speakers
Dr Brian James
Dr Brian James graduated dentistry from University of Queensland (UQ) in 1987. He completed three years in the RAAF, obtained FRACDS, and then worked for two years in private general practice. He then returned to UQ to complete specialist training in periodontics in 1995. He commenced specialist practice in Townsville in 1996 and relocated to Cairns in 2005, putting together a joint specialist practice there. He was involved in the initiation of the dental school at JCU in Cairns, as an adjunct associate professor of periodontics, providing lectures and pre clinical supervision in Sim Lab until 2012. He was the first Australian periodontist to obtain certification as a LANAP clinician, using the NdYAG Periolase, commencing this treatment in 2013. He relocated to Melbourne July 2025 and is currently working part time at Kew Periodontics. In his spare time, he enjoys photography.
