Monthly Archives: October 2011

Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) reduces chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced Oral Mucositis

Posted on 15 October 2011 by James Carroll

I have written a short web page on how LLLT reduces chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced Oral Mucositis and provided a white paper you can download so click here to download LLLT reduces chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced Oral Mucositis

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LLLT / Low level laser therapy and the rise and fall of modern medicine

Posted on 5 October 2011 by James Carroll

I have been reading The rise and fall of modern medicine by James Le Fanu, I’m just 30% in and am encouraged by how hard it is to introduce a radically new drug / medical procedure. Why encouraged? because LLLT has been a long time coming and occasionally I wonder if perhaps it will never gain universal clinical acceptance. Le Fanus book reminds us that penicillin, cortisone, open-heart surgery, kidney transplants and hip joint replacements (to name just a few) all took decades of refinement, practice and persuasion to achieve mainstream use just like LLLT

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Low Level Laser Therapy LLLT / Cold Laser Literature watch for Sept 2011

Posted on 3 October 2011 by James Carroll

15 new research papers for you this month including LLLT treatments for: osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer patients, laser vs ultrasound for shoulder myofascial pain syndrome, radiation-induced mucositis in head and neck cancer patients, persistent idiopathic facial pain and a negative study for subacromial impingement syndrome. This negative result is hardly a surprise as the laser was only 6mW. It is a shame the authors did not come on our training course before embarking on this study. There are ten more papers to review including Alzheimer’s disease, TMJ, respiratory diseases in children and a a MUST READ editorial on the effect of LLLT on suppression of activity of peripheral nerve endings by Dr Roberta Chow MD PhD.

Association of laser phototherapy with PRP improves healing of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws in cancer patients: A preliminary study.

Martins MA, Martins MD, Lascala CA, Curi MM, Migliorati CA, Tenis CA, Marques MM

School of Dentistry, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande … Continue reading →

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Oncologist Rene Jean Bensadoun interview

Posted on 2 October 2011 by James Carroll

An video interview with Oncologist Rene Jean Bensadoun explaining why LLLT is not contraindicated when treating oral mucositis.

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Dr Mary Dyson interview 2010

Posted on 1 October 2011 by James Carroll

Former editor of Grays Anatomy Dr Mary Dyson PhD,  a popular speaker at LLLT conferences, describes how she got involved with low level laser / light therapy research when she was head of tissue repair research at Guys Hospital London UK.

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