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... PRESS RELEASE BIOLASE Expands Board of Directors and Appoints Robert E.

Grant as Acting Chairman Home Printer-Friendly BIOLASE Expands Board of Directors and Appoints Robert E.

Grant as Acting Chairman SAN CLEMENTE, CA - (MARKET WIRE) - 03/30/2006 - BIOLASE Technology, Inc.

(NASDAQ: BLTI), a medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets lasers and related products focused on technologies for improved applications and procedures in dentistry and medicine, announced today that Dr.

Daniel S.

Durrie, a world-renowned refractive surgeon and ophthalmologist, and Mr.

Neil J.

Laird, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SumTotal Systems, Inc., have been appointed to the board of directors, increasing the number of independent directors to five and total board members to seven.

Daniel S.

Durrie, M.D., has more than 20 years experience in refractive and corneal surgery, pioneering procedures to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

Dr.

Durrie has participated in numerous clinical studies and has performed more than 40,000 refractive surgery procedures.

Dr.

Durrie's scientific articles and papers have appeared in numerous professional medical publications.

He serves on the editorial board for Ocular Surgery News, the Journal of Corneal and Refractive Surgery, Review of Ophthalmology and Refractive ...

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