Abstract
Purpose
The values of complementary medicine have been increasingly recognized in England and the USA as well as in Japan, and academic research organizations, such as JACT, have been established to aim at the integration of substitutional medicine with modem Western medicine, although we are not sure whether the Bi-Digital O-ring test (B.D. ORT) is included in the substitutional medicine. Despite the fact that over 20 years have passed since the B.D. ORT was introduced to Japan by Prof. Yoshiaki Omura as an auxiliary diagnostic method, it cannot be said that this method has been utilized as a routine diagnostic modality in the general field of dentistry. However, the B.D. ORT was recently adopted as an official evidence in a Tokyo High Court, even though the patient was examined as a private consultation, generating a gleam of hope in the future. During the 1-year period, April 1998 to March 1999, 83 patients were referred to our clinic for diagnosis with the B.D. ORT, excluding those visiting our outpatient clinic for simple diagnosis with this method, 7 of the 83 patients were referred from a department of oral surgery of a major university hospital. Thus we herein report the information found in these 7 Japanese patients.
Cases
(1) J. M., F, 53 years old. Referred for the determination of the cause of arthrosis of the temporomandibular joint and for occlusal analysis (a case showing the resonance with CMD T.).
(2) M. O., F, 34 years old. Referred for the examination of chronic tonsillitis and viral infection [a case showing the resonance with HZV and fungi].
(3) K. H., M, 36 years old. Referred for the examination of viral infection (myelogenous leukemia) (no viral resonance).
(4) S. Y., F, 37 years old. Referred for the examination of arthrosis of the temporomandibular joint and occlusion (a case showing no viral resonance, malocclusion, and suspected mental factors).
(5) S. G., M, 23 years old. Referred for the examination of atopic dermatitis and viral infection (a case showing the resonance with CMV).
(6) S. K., F, 43 years old. Referred for the examination of pain and one-sided numbness due to rheumatism (questionable) and viral infection (a case showing the resonance with CMD psittasi and Hg, and suspected mental factor)
(7) M. K., F, 52 years old. Referred for the determination of causes of chronic tooth pain and numbness on the same side (a case showing the resonance with rotavirus and Haemophilus influenzae).
Discussion and Results
There are many cases with symptoms of undetermined causes in the field of dentistry when examined by diagnostic methods of Western medicine. The results obtained from the patients described here suggest that we should enjoy the advantages of substitutional medical modalities, such as the B.D. ORT, rather than making unwise steps through symptomatic treatment and observation of clinical course. We expect to see the establishment of the B.D. ORT as a routine diagnostic method. In the next presentation, we will report detailed findings in interesting eases among the cases described here.
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