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Developmental Anatomy
Most diseases are multifactorial. Take heart disease as an example. It is not caused solely by cholesterol, viral, bacterial, genetic, stress, or nutritional factors, but can also be brought about by other factors as well, including an inflammatory condition of the smooth muscle cells in the arterial wall and a little known connection of energy disruption to the Vegas nerve from connecting fibers of the Mandibular nerve. As you will learn in the next section on Dental Proprioception, the Mandibular nerve is both motor and sensory. It receives and sends mixed signals when the mandible becomes trapped behind an underdeveloped premaxilla.
The inflammatory aspect of heart disease was discussed many years ago and was discarded. Recently, inflammation of the smooth muscles of the arterial walls throughout the body has been identified as one cause of heart, brain, and various body disorders including erectile dysfunction. The Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery reports on the effect of low level laser therapy (LLLT) on smooth muscles of the arteries in the penis. This in vitro study shows that LLLT enhances Nitric Oxide (NO) production, which stimulates cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate (cGMP) synthesis. The cGMP serves as a channel blocker to Ca levels, which relaxes the smooth muscle cells of the corpus cavernosa allowing the vessels to fill with blood. Obviously this is a big benefit to those suffering from erectile dysfunction, but also opens the possibility of an entirely new method for treating other diseases. This opens an exciting possibility too, for LLLT, to be used in various disorders, especially for those instruments that have the ability to “piggy back” the beneficial effects of visible low- level lasers on the penetrating of the invisible wavelengths.
As mentioned, safety is not an issue with most reputable low level lasers. In over 2000 studies world wide, there is not one reported side effect from low level laser therapy. Underwriters Laboratory and State University of New York at Stony Brook both have completed studies on industrial low level laser models referred to as the Resonator and Rotary Multiplex (manufactured by Low Level Lasers, Inc.) Both of these models are rated as Class I, non-significant risk devices and are non-toxic to any cells.