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    Acupuncture for Dentistry and Orofacial Pain
    Acupuncture for Dentistry and Orofacial Pain
    Acupuncture for Dentistry and Orofacial Pain
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    Acupuncture for Dentistry and Orofacial Pain

    By Greg Goddard and Giovanni Mauro

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    This book, Acupuncture for Orofacial Pain and Dentistry, is a reference for assessment and treatment planning in the clinic, and is a clear and concise handbook for students and practitioners of acupuncture for orofacial pain and dentistry. Acupuncture is an increasingly utilized treatment option for myofascial pain in the United States. According to the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which included a comprehensive survey of complementary and alternative medicine use by Americans, an estimated 3.1 million adults and 150,000 children had used acupuncture in the previous year. Trigger point therapy has been an accepted part of treatment for orofacial pain for decades. Dry needling is now extensively practiced. Acupuncture and trigger point therapy or dry needling are similar.

    This book, available in color soft cover and ebook formats, will include:

    • Comprehensive medical illustrations demonstrating acupuncture point locations and indications for specific diagnoses.
    • Easy to follow instructions, photographs, and video links demonstrating acupuncture needling points and acupuncture techniques.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateFeb 4, 2020
    ISBN9781982241391
    Acupuncture for Dentistry and Orofacial Pain
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    Greg Goddard

    Dr. Greg Goddard is a graduate of the University of California at San Francisco. He is a life fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and a diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. He specializes in TMJ Disorders and Orofacial Pain. He has been treating patients with acupuncture for over 35 years, and has lectured both nationally and internationally, published over 25 peer reviewed journal articles, two books and several book chapters on both temporomandibular disorders and acupuncture. Dr. Goddard has taught courses for dentists in state certification in the use of acupuncture, and has performed extensive research in acupuncture for myofascial pain at the UCSF center for Orofacial Pain, where he retired in 2007 as a Clinical Professor. He continues to work in research in acupuncture. Dr. Giovanni Mauro is a Visiting Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy. He recently published a book on Facial Esthetics. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and was a diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. He has a master’s degree in esthetic medicine. He has been using acupuncture in his practice for over 20 years, and has presented acupuncture courses for dentists in Italy, and recently co-authored a journal article on the use of acupuncture for burning mouth syndrome.

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      Acupuncture for Dentistry and Orofacial Pain - Greg Goddard

      Copyright © 2020 Greg Goddard & Giovanni Mauro.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-9822-4138-4 (sc)

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      Balboa Press rev. date: 02/04/2020

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      Contents

      PART 1   THEORETICAL BASIS

      1.  Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture

      2.  Western Evidence Based Acupuncture

      3.  Medical indications for Acupuncture

      4.  Dry Needling, trigger point therapy and acupuncture

      5.  Laser Acupuncture

      6.  Acupuncture for Dentistry

      7.  Acupuncture for Orofacial Pain

      8.  Acupuncture and Placebo

      PART 2    CLINICAL HANDBOOK

      9.  Sterilization and infection control

      10.  Safety, complications

      11.  Consent

      12.  Needling Techniques

      13.  TCM measurements

      14.  Other Techniques

      PART 3   DENTAL ACUPUNCTURE POINTS AND INDICATIONS

      1.  Acupuncture treatment plan: Point selection. Local. Distal. Ashi. Segmental or Central

      2.  Dental Acupuncture Points and Indications.

      Acupuncture for Dentistry and Orofacial Pain

      Greg Goddard & Giovanni Mauro

      Introduction

      Acupuncture strictu sensu is a technique in which practitioners stimulate specific points on the body by inserting thin, flexible needles through the skin. It is one of the practices used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

      TCM defines acupuncture as the stimulation of specific points on or near the surface of the human body. Any technique of point stimulation can be used, with or without the insertion of needles, including the use of electrical, magnetic, light and sound energy, cupping and moxibustion (the burning on or over the skin of selected herbs), to normalize physiologic functions or to treat various conditions of the human body.

      Medicine and dentistry were never considered as separate entities in Eastern cultures as in many European countries since the last century. The two disciplines went through different ways in the US and other Western countries, and this fact determined the lack of knowledge available for the dental professional in the field of acupuncture as a useful tool for dental diseases and orofacial pain.¹

      The scope of the present handbook is to fill this gap. It offers to the dental clinician both a sound and updated knowledge of the theoretical bases of the acupuncture, a discipline that today has gained full recognition. This book will provide the scientific evidence of efficacy and safety in many medical fields, and a comprehensive overview of clinical applications of acupuncture in the different dental areas and orofacial pain.

      The present book, based on western scientific evidence, does not imply or assume the recognition in any religion, belief, or ‘philosophy.’

      Reference

      1. Stux G, Pomeranz G. Scientific Basis of Acupuncture: Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag; 1987.

      PART 1

      THEORETICAL BASIS

      1.   Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture

      TCM is based on ancient concepts, quite distant from conventional Western medicine. TCM includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy, but recently also influenced by modern Western medicine.

      The doctrines of Chinese medicine are rooted in books such as the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon and the Treatise on Cold Damage, as well as in cosmological notions such as yin–yang and the five phases.

      The description of internal structure and organs in TCM books reads: man is composed of intestines, the five Tsang, or storing organs, and the six Fu, or eliminating organs.

      The five Tsang are the liver, the heart, the spleen, the lungs, the kidneys.

      The six Fu are the stomach, the large intestine, the small intestine, the urinary bladder, the gall bladder, and the three burning spaces- an imaginary organ, whose three components were held to be distributed over the upper, middle and lower parts of the body.

      The storing and eliminating organs are connected by two systems of vessels: those who carry blood and those who carry air or a vital pneuma.

      The latter are known as meridians.

      Concepts of the body and disease used in TCM reflect its ancient origins and its emphasis on dynamic processes over the physical structure, similar to European humoral theory, where bloodletting and trephination were frequent.

      The final endpoint of all the TCM therapies is to restore the so-called qi (pronounced chee), vital energy that flows through meridians, that have branches connected to bodily organs and functions, through complicated pathways embedded throughout the whole body. By stimulating acupuncture points, this flow of energy is harmonized, and optimal health can be restored.

      TCM describes health as the harmonious interaction of these entities and the outside world, and disease as a disharmony in interaction. TCM diagnosis aims to trace symptoms to patterns of an underlying disharmony, by measuring the pulse, inspecting the tongue, skin, and eyes, and looking at the eating and sleeping habits of the person as well as many other things.

      This holistic approach to a patient, considering the biological, psychological, and social factors as necessary considerations to a successful treatment, is presently gaining acceptance in Western Medicine.¹

      Reference

      1. Veith I. Acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine. An historical review. Calif Med. 1973 Feb;118(2):70-9.

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