Integrative Medicine:
Where East meets West
co-presented with Deb Grant, RDH, CA

Integrative medicine is a combination of eastern and western healing practices and a blending of philosophical principles of these two healing approaches. Western medicine is an evidence-based scientific high-tech approach using advanced diagnostics and therapies. In the Eastern philosophy, this is where diagnostics began and continues to heal our mind, body and spirit.  Good health is the product of maintaining a continuous physiological balance, or homeostasis, of the entire organism.  Eastern and western health practices can merge to provide our patients with optimal care.

• Define the differences in screening and diagnostic modalities for oral cancer
• Review the latest research and discuss the findings as they relate to oral cancer screening in the general practice dental office
• Examine emerging advanced diagnostics including healthy heart dentistry testing, salivary-based laboratory testing for periodontal pathogens, genetic DNA and HPV
• Discover where diagnostics began and implement some techniques in the dental office
• Examine the effects modern medicines and general health has on the tongue
• Understand the mind-body connection
• See the science behind true aromatherapy and learn the effects it can have on the dental patient

 

 

 

 

Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS
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