GentleWave® Procedure: Specialty care meets cutting-edge tech to support optimal, painless root canal therapy

Patients in Beverly Hills, California, and beyond benefit from the advanced training and considerable focused experience of specialists Drs. Frank Vidjak and Fanny Yacaman. In addition to exceptional expertise, a specialty office distinguishes itself from other dentist practices with investments in cutting-edge, clinically-proven effective, and safe technologies and treatments.

Root canal therapy at Beverly Hills Advanced Specialties of Dentistry

A world-renowned endodontist, Dr. Yacaman is sought after for her skill in preserving teeth with endodontic procedures, including non-surgical root canal therapy. The GentleWave® procedure complements Dr. Yacaman’s extensive talents in resolving severe damage to the innermost tooth structure. 

True to its name, GentleWave® promotes the most gentle, non-invasive, painless, and precise experience at every stage of the treatment process. The techniques that add to this unique procedure have largely eliminated many persistent concerns associated with “standard” RCT. 

Our valued patients appreciate that the GentleWave® approach to RCT is:

  • Less invasive 
  • Preserves maximum healthy tooth structure
  • Supports early and natural healing
  • Effectively cleans the inflamed or infected root canals
  • Associated with full healing
  • Avoids the need for retreatment or further endodontic procedures 
  • Well-tolerated, even a relaxing treatment
  • Fast – can be completed in minutes
  • A “one and done” process (no follow-up visits required)

GentleWave® procedure uses a technologically advanced system to deliver optimized fluids. These therapeutic fluids are distributed throughout the root canal system. This approach helps to prevent too much of the tooth structure from being removed while protecting healthy function and the natural structural integrity of the tooth.

Furthermore, this approach to delivering fluids provides an ideal way to remove infection and effectively clean the root canals. The risk of lingering infection or damage being left behind is substantially minimized. All GentleWave® patients need is a single treatment. As long as they maintain good hygiene at home and routine professional care, their treated teeth remain healthy and require no further treatment.

Following the expert GentleWave® Procedure, patients also benefit from the skill of prosthodontist Dr. Vidjak. He can help retain the tooth’s strength and protect its sustained health by preparing, designing, and placing an esthetically-pleasing and durable dental restoration, such as a crown.

For more information about the GentleWave® procedure, call (310) 861-3955. You may also request an appointment, at your convenience, from this website. 

Frequently asked questions

When the tooth’s interior gets infected, the pulp within the inner section of the tooth must be removed.

The root canal procedure is no more painful than a regular filling. This procedure helps to alleviate the excruciating pain associated with an infected tooth. The surrounding region will be numbed during the treatment, providing you with a pain-free experience.

The GentleWave® process is a less invasive alternative to traditional root canal therapy. This method is less invasive, retains as much good dental structure as possible, is a one-and-done procedure, and promotes early and spontaneous recovery.

Eliminating the inner part of the tooth weakens the tooth’s overall structure. Nevertheless, it can be strengthened with dental restorations such as an onlay or a dental crown.

Once the numbing agent wears off, you will not experience the same discomfort as before the root canal. The inner nerves have been eliminated, providing you with relief. Most individuals notice the region is sore for a few days as the surrounding tissues recover. Eating soft meals and using over-the-counter pain medicine might be beneficial during the healing period.

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1 Million Patients Treated | The GentleWave® Procedure is a Minimally Invasive Root Canal Therapy!

Where precision and comfort meet expert Oral Care: this is GentleWave®

I would describe the GentleWave® procedure kind of life saving. There was no follow up appointment, and just the procedure itself and knowing more about it and what it’s doing to my teeth.
Amazing, Very beyond expectations for me. Truthfully, talking with friends about their experience with a root canal, I had to shut it down. Since I’ve been using GentleWave® since 2020, I have seen how much GentleWave has brought into the quality of care I provide for my patients. I tried to keep an open mind and let technology do its job. I would describe the general wave procedure in one word, as fantastic.
There’s a vast difference between a regular procedure in a dentist’s office and using the GentleWave® here, and it had such a cooling effect where you would be like sitting on a chair and having a breeze come through and just having the noise relax you – you just kind of sit here 20 mins later and it’s all done and you don’t really realize how long you are sitting there.
I was in a lot of pain and the GentleWave procedure really just kind of gave my whole day a 180.
I would definitely recommend the procedure to someone else, needing a root canal. I actually recommended it this morning to my sister. Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, 1 million, 1 million GentleWave® patients. Hello 1 million GentleWave patients.


The skilled doctors at our practice are Frank M. A. Vidjak, DDS, MSEd and Fanny Yacaman, DDS, MSEd, MS.



Doctors Bio Image - Dr.Frank Vidjak
Dr. Vidjak has been a prosthodontist for over two decades, with his private practice in Beverly Hills from 1989. A USC School of Dentistry graduate, he completed his specialty training in prosthodontics and an MS in Medical Education at USC where he also taught the School of Dentistry. He was its Clinical Director of the Advanced Prosthodontic Program and International Student Program too.



Doctors Bio Image - Dr. Fanny Yacaman
Dr. Yacaman received her DDS from the University Technologica of Mexico and served the clinical faculty in Endodontics at Unitec. She practiced Endodontics in Mexico City for over 10 years. She has an advanced specialty certificate in Advanced Microscopic Endodontics and Microsurgery and a Master of Science in Medical Education from the USC and has been a Clinical Faculty member at the UCLA School of Dentistry Department of Endodontics for more than 15 years. She specializes in Root Resorption treatment, having researched on External Root Resorption for over 15 years for a Master’s in Craniofacial Molecular Biology at USC’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology. She is one of four Endodontists in United States that can treat Root Resorption. She is a local and international lecturer in Endodontics and Microsurgery and has received many awards and has published articles in the area.