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The Children's Dental Health Initiative Research Project
The Magic of the Laser! Is Changing the Future
Advanced Health Research Institute
A 501c3 non-profit organization
Dr. Richard T. Hansen, D.M.D., Director
Imagine
Imagine a future where no one fears going to the dentist!! Imagine a dental visit that did not involve shots and drills, but instead, focused on laser cleanings and vaporizing any decay with a laser and not hurting good tooth structure. Imagine a future that virtually has no adult dental disease, no cavities, no root canals and no crowns. Instead, using saliva, lasers and electromagnetic biofeedback energy as diagnostic tools, the dentist can assess the status of whole body health and give advice on improving health. This future may be sooner than we think, if dentists take a look at their profession in a different way.
Dentistry is an unpleasant subject that most people, including many health care practitioners, don't want to talk about. In fact, most people don't even want to think about it because it conjures up horrible images of what they may have experienced. Even though we don't want to deal with the subject, many health care practitioners are beginning to recognize that the mouth may be the center of our health. Just think about it, the mouth is the focus of many things; communication, beauty, our sense organs and it is the beginning of our health through nutrition, digestion and immunity. It is actually the center for our survival and the brain devotes an enormous amount of it's sensory.
Dental factors have been associated not only with the cause, but also with the cure, of chronic disease. A number of cases are on record in which "incurable" conditions have been reversed following dental revision. It is therefore, vital that patients and dentists alike understand and appreciate the significance of each and every thing done in the oral area. The Children's Dental Health Initiative involves screening schools for children in need and providing free laser dentistry and health screening, as well as using the outcome results of patient comfort and prevention for the need of future dentistry as a research project. The benefit if dentistry can change is that we may be able to eliminate the need for virtually all adult dentistry. WOULDN'T THAT BE A WONDERFUL FUTURE!
The Study
The purpose of the study will be to demonstrate the cost of effectiveness, patient acceptance, and the prevention of future dentistry through the diagnosis and treatment with laser dentistry. The study shall be carried out in three phases. Phase one will be to screen school children at their school from grades one through eight for dental cavities and dental need. Since an average primary school of about 600 students can be screened in one day, it is anticipated that we will initially screen about 14,000 students in the first month, with about 20% in need of dental laser restorations. We are hoping to be able to treat at least about one quarter of these children. Phase two will be to prioritize the students according to need and perform laser dentistry on these children. In addition, we will provide nutrition and dental education to help prevention. These first two phases will be carried out during the first year. Phase three will be a three year follow up with laser cleanings and laser cavity detection to assess the health of the mouth and the effectiveness of the laser treatments for prevention.
It is our belief, based on earlier research, that most of adult dentistry is caused by the drilling down of teeth and that much of the trauma and need for future dentistry could be prevented with cost effective laser dentistry. In addition, we believe the patient acceptance will be very high, therefore, encouraging patients to seek easier, more comfortable care sooner increasing the prevention of any diseases. This study will also provide a much needed valuable service to many children who would otherwise not have health based care.
Clinical Investigators
Dr. Richard T. Hansen, D.M.D. - Study Director
Dr. Hansen has helped pioneer many advanced techniques in health care, including the clinical trials for the FDA clearance for hard tissue applications for lasers in dentistry. Dr. Hansen is director of research at the Advanced Health Research Institute and has been on faculty at UCLA School of Dentistry.
Dr. Andrew Yoon, D.M.D. - Clinical Investigator
Dr. Jerry Wu, D.M.D. - Clinical Investigator
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