DENVILLE, N.J., July 11, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Lantis Laser's (Pink Sheets:LLSR) (http://www.lantislaser.com) advanced dental imaging technology is set to impact the $5 Billion dental equipment market. Lantis has exclusive rights to market Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) bio-medical imaging technology to 140,000 dentists practicing in 100,000 dental offices in the United States and at least this number around the world.
For too long dentists have not had the necessary diagnostic tools to provide early detection of oral diseases such as decay and periodontal disease. The backbone of diagnostic imaging in the dental office has been the traditional x-ray which has now gone digital and even in this format, the resolution of x-ray is not high enough for early detection of most oral diseases. As dentistry transitions to a medical model -- find disease and treat it now -- a major upgrade in diagnostic capabilities is essential.
Lantis' Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Dental Imaging System(tm) will provide the dentist with a new and technologically advanced imaging modality to detect early stages of tooth decay, periodontal disease and other oral diseases. Early detection enables early treatment, meaning less trauma, less cost, less time and a higher standard of patient care. OCT technology, an outcome of years of development at MIT in the 1990's and applications development in the medical industry, is ideally suited for use in dentistry to provide detailed images of the oral microstructures to aid in diagnosis of dental disease.
Characteristics of OCT that make it ideal for dental imaging:
-- High Resolution: Current OCT systems have resolutions at
4-20 um compared with 50 microns for dental x-ray and
110 um for high frequency ultrasound.
-- Tissue Characterization: Using information inherent to the
returning photon signals, OCT can perform both spectroscopic
and polarization imaging to better characterize tissue and
lesions.
-- Small Size: The fiber-based design allows easy integration
with a small pen size scanner for easy access to all
surfaces of the teeth and mouth.
-- No Harmful Radiation: Light-based using frequency of light
that is safe for biological tissue.
-- Real-Time Image Capture and Display: Image captured
chairside in real-time and displayed on computer monitor.
Image can be stored in patient file or transferred
digitally.
Lantis' President & CEO, Stan Baron, said, "Earlier OCT research systems were of a very high cost and this did not meet Lantis' price objectives that would allow almost every dentist to afford a system to use chairside." He added, "As technology has advanced Lantis has been able to commercialize this cutting-edge technology by producing a cost effective OCT system, putting us in a position to achieve a greater market penetration."
About Lantis Laser
Lantis was formed to commercialize the application of novel technologies in the dental industry. The criteria for selected products include competitive edge, exclusivity and large market potential. Lantis is currently in Phase 2 development and plans to launch the OCT Dental Imaging System(tm) in the third quarter of 2008. Lantis has exclusive rights to the application of OCT technology in the field of dentistry under its license Agreements with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and LightLab Imaging. OCT was invented in the early 1990's at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently being commercialized by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. in ophthalmology and by LightLab Imaging for cardiovascular imaging.
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