Episode 523 · January 2, 2024

Your Soft Tissue Diode Laser Will Quickly Become Your Best Friend

Your Soft Tissue Diode Laser Will Quickly Become Your Best Friend

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Dr. Chad Duplantis

Dr. Chad Duplantis

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Dr. Duplantis received his D.D.S. degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School in 1999.

He continued with postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Dentistry, earning a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry in 2000. He has also applied for, and been confirmed for his Fellowship degree from the Academy of General Dentistry this coming July. He has been in private practice since 2000 in the North Fort Worth, Texas area. In private practice, he treats all ages with an emphasis on restorative and aesthetic dentistry.

Dr. Duplantis is a member of Catapult Educations Speakers Bureau and has been a member of several Aesthetic and Restorative Continuums, most recently the Spear Education Study Club. Dr. Duplantis has always had an interest in "high-tech" dentistry and has been incorporating CAD/CAM technology in his practice since 2004. Formerly a CEREC user, he is now a user of the 3M TrueDefinition Oral Scanner, the iTero Intraoral Scanner, and the Glidewell Laboratories fastdesign.io mill. Dr. Duplantis has also written several articles regarding digital dentistry for various dental publications. He has helped 3M and Glidewell on various projects regarding the scanner an mills, and is a member of the panel of experts on the website TrueDefDoctors.com. He is also a clinical consultant for Glidewell Laboratories. Dr. Duplantis resides in Keller, Texas with his wife, Ellen, and his children, Austin and Ava. He is an avid cyclist, enjoys shooting sporting clays, and loves to be outdoors.

Episode Summary

Today we'll be discussing the soft-tissue diode laser and how it can help you perform a variety of soft-tissue procedures with greater patient comfort and less healing time. Our guest is Dr. Chad Duplantis, who maintains a small group private practice in Fort Worth, TX, focusing on aesthetic and restorative dentistry. In 2020, Dr. Duplantis co-founded the Facebook Group Dentists IN the Know, which is designed to keep the dental industry well-informed.

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