Dr. Grace Sun
President-elect of ALD (2025)
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Secretary-General (2022)
Dr. Grace Sun graduated from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in 1981 and has maintained a full-time comprehensive cosmetic practice and dental laboratory in the Beverly Hills, California area since 1983. She is passionate about providing the best treatment and experience possible, as has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Sun utilizes multiple wavelengths of dental lasers in various treatment procedures.
A renowned educational advocate, Dr. Sun holds several prestigious statuses including Master of the Academy of General Dentistry and Master + Educator of the Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD), having served for two terms on ALD’s Board of Directors, and now sits on ALD’s Executive Board. Dr. Sun is an Accredited Fellow with the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and was the Academy’s first female Accredited Fellow, where she served 7 years with AACD’s Professional Education Committee. A published author and recipient of the prestigious Leon Goldman Award for Clinical Excellence in Laser Dentistry, Dr. Sun lectures internationally for laser and cosmetic dentistry education, holding Mastership status with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) and is a senior instructor for the International Association for Orthodontics (IAO). Dr. Sun is a California certified Dental Acupuncturist, a dental ceramist with her own in-house dental laboratory, and has been a 30-year advocate for both surgical lasers and therapeutic lasers. Dr. Sun also advocates for Low Level Laser Therapy and PhotoBioModulation (PBM) red light therapy, both for procedure-related applications and as part of a regular self-care program. In recent years Dr. Sun has integrated both PBM therapy and acupuncture into an interdependent treatment modality that greatly serves the needs of her patients for pain relief, for better treatment outcomes and to promote healing. Dr. Sun was recognized by her peers as America’s Top Dentist 2005-2011, and was named Best Dentist in 2018 by Los Angeles Magazine.
Submission Title: Laser Therapy and Acupuncture in OroFacial Pain Management
Abstract: Since the discovery of laser technology in the 1960s, its application in dentistry has rapidly expanded from precision surgical applications to low setting therapeutical applications. Reduction of pain and inflammation and healing enhancement are recognized as core benefits of low-level laser therapy, which has been newly termed “PhotoBioModulation”, or PBM.
As health care practitioners we need to manage the pain as well as addressing the etiology in order to bring about the best outcome for the patient.
While current, traditional treatment modalities are both respected and important, an integrative approach is essential, including PBMT, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), chiropractic medicine, osteopathic medicine etc.
PBM, or PhotoBioModulation treatment, a therapeutic form of red and infrared light therapy, has come to be a unifying term covering low level laser treatment (LLLT), sourced from laser and/or LED light devices. PBM therapy increases healing efficiency, including reduction of inflammation and faster muscle recovery. Acupuncture, a complimentary pain management modality, stimulates neurological responses including endorphin release and by activating the meridian channel, reversing stagnation (pain) and increasing the flow of vital energy. These two modalities work well together, complimenting and fortifying one another’s benefits. The meridian system can complimentarily be activated with PBM, when directed to the correct location. Meridian mapping techniques, the identification of correlated meridian points and anatomical landmarks, will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
1.Understand the significance of exploring alternative approaches to pain management
2.Review integrative approaches, including PBM therapy and acupuncture
3.Review the functional mechanisms of PhotoBioModulation and Acupuncture
4.Learn how to integrate PBM into your patients’ home care program
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