Focus on BLTI:
Pain-Free Dentistry & BIOLASE's Hydrokinetic(R)
Laser Featured on MSNBC's Weekend Magazine
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLTI - news) announced that its
Millennium Hydrokinetic© dental laser was featured on a television news magazine story on Pain-Free Dentistry on MSNBC's
``Weekend Magazine with Stone Phillips' on April 1-2, 2000. The segment on Pain-Free Dentistry was reported by Dr. Bob
Arnot and was aired numerous times during the weekend of April 1-2. Dr. Arnot is NBC's chief medical correspondent and
Stone Phillips is a principal anchor of Dateline NBC and the anchor for Weekend Magazine on MSNBC.
The segment focused on the fears that many people have about visiting the dentist. It began with the comment, ``It's right up
there at the top of the of things most of us hate -- going to the dentist. If it's not the sound of the drill that gives you the chills,
maybe it's the needle. With an estimated 100 million cavities getting drilled, and filled, every year, you'd think dentists would
come up with a better -- less painful -- way. Well, maybe someone has.'
Dr. Arnot and his camera crew visited a dental office offering pain-free procedures to film lasers removing decay without any
anesthesia. He interviewed Dr. Ed Romano, his 9 year old patient and the patient's mother. Dr. Arnot explained that ``Everyone
knows the grinding sound of the dental drill. Metal, moving at a speed of 250,000 RPMs cuts into the tooth and decay.
Because of the power and vibration, it can cause discomfort, especially if it hits a nerve. Novocain is highly recommended.'
Dr. Arnot asked Dr. Romano, ``So is it really, zap you're in, and zap you're out -- no swelling, no numbness, no pain?' Dr.
Romano responded, ``In 98 percent of the cases, yes.' Following his treatment of the 9 year old female patient, Dr. Romano
commented, ``I think she did great. I think if I did the same thing with the drill, she wouldn't be smiling right now.'
During the segment, Dr. Arnot noted that ``Clinical studies reviewed by the FDA show these lasers to be safe and 'as
effective`` as the drill.' He also added that during the procedures at Dr. Romano's office ``There were no needles, only
goggles.' |
