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USES & BENEFITS of LLLT in DENTISTRY Exhibitors Symposia ALD Mar 5, 2004. Dr. Larry Lytle BS, DDS, Ph.D Low Level Laser Consultant. Benefits to the Dentist. Saves time - More income Keeps the Dentist Healthy Increases Patient Comfort Enhances reputation Reduces emergencies
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USES & BENEFITS of LLLT in DENTISTRYExhibitors SymposiaALD Mar 5, 2004 Dr. Larry Lytle BS, DDS, Ph.D Low Level Laser Consultant
Benefits to the Dentist • Saves time - More income • Keeps the Dentist Healthy • Increases Patient Comfort • Enhances reputation • Reduces emergencies • More referrals
Laser Terminology • Photons * Amplitude • Coherence * Phase • Wavelength * Interference • Frequency * Constructive • Power Density Interference • Joules * Destructive • Soliton Wave Interference
PHASE • Two waves are peaking and troughing at the same time even though they have different frequencies or amplitudes
INTERFERENCE • When two waves are in phase & overlap each other
CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE When the combined amplitude of waves is greater than individual amplitude, the signal gets stronger.
DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE When one wave is peaking & the other is troughing, they cancel each other out
How Energy Heals • Frequency is the key • Canceling waves • Ability to penetrate • Jack Schwartz • Yogi
Power Density • Light concentration – W/cm2 • More power is not better • Body sets up impedance, or polarizes against, too much power and becomes less effective
Polarization • Your body’s way of protecting itself against unpredictable energy
Penetration • The ability to get laser energy deep into the tissue is a key to success
AMPLITUDE Is the Speed that Waves moves
Osmosis • Nutrients cannot pass through the depolarized cellular membrane of an injured cell
HOW LASER ENERGY HEALS • Low Level Lasers re-energize sick and injured cellular membranes allowing nutrients to pass through.
Best Laser Results • STIMULATE • Nerves, bone, joints, tendons, cartilage & ligaments • RESONATE • Muscles, organs, glands • Acupoint Therapy with the right laser
Proprioception Receiving stimulations within tissues of the body
Proprioception Feedback from the oral area that regulates significant brain functions
Proprioception Affects • Over 50% of body functions • Blood supply to the brain • Low level electrical feedback to the brain
Dental Distress Syndrome (DDS) • Affects over 75% of the people in this room!
Disease & Stress “Stress, particularly stress of dental origin, pervades man’s life in health and disease. Medicine would benefit by a closer alliance between members of the medical and dental professions.” Hans Selye, MD, Ph.D
OVUM Embryology (4 weeks) Ectodermal thickening Neural tube Neural crest Peripheral nervous system Central nervous system
Neural Tube Neural Crest Brain & Spinal cord Central Nervous System ½ of master pituitary Thalamus & hypothalamus Outgrowths of forebrain All sensory Receptors Peripheral Nervous System ½ of master pituitary All other hormonal glands Midnose Upper lip Premaxilla Four maxillary incisors Balance of the dental system, except tooth enamel
Almost half of the sensory and motor aspects of the brain are devoted to the “dental area.” The Cerebral Cortex of Man by Penfield & Rasmussen Published 1950 by Macmillan Co
PROPRIOCEPTION THALAMUS CEREBELLUM HYPOTHALAMUS POSTURE STRESS
Mandibular nerve has fibers connecting with the Vagus Nerve.
Mandibular Function • 68 Pairs of muscles above and below the mandible determine head, cervical, shoulder, and jaw posturization • The 136 muscles must function at their endowed contracting and relaxing lengths and be in reciprocal balance
Proprioception • Controls the sympathetic nervous system • Controls the parasympathetic nervous system
Autonomic Nervous System • Regulates organ function • Coordinates sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Autonomic Nervous System Stimulation of sympathetic system: • Increases stress • Raises blood pressure • Increases heart rate • Speeds breathing rate • Decreases glandular, stomach & intestinal function
Autonomic Nervous System Stimulation of parasympathetic: • Reduces stress • Lowers blood pressure • Decreases heart rate • Slows breathing rate • Increases glandular, stomach & intestinal function • Builds up body reserves
SYMPATHETIC PARA-SYMPATHETIC Sympathetic / Parasympathetic Imbalance
Balanced Sympathetic & Parasympathetic PARA-SYMPATHETIC SYMPATHETIC
Final Quote “You cannot unknow what you now know” Dr. Larry Lytle
Clinical Research results are available at: www.laserinformation.com