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Alternative and Comparative Medicine in Dentistry

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Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 546))

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Abstract

In Japan, Oriental herbal medicines (Kampo) are clinically designated as drugs that can be prescribed by any doctor. The quality of the materials used in Kampo are well controlled by pharmaceutical companies. One of the leading Japanese companies, Tsumura Pharmaceuticals Co. Japan, classifies the herbal materials according to the sub-species of the plant and the place it was collected or grown. Kampo is no longer an old or mysterious prescription and its use must be re-evaluated and considered as a choice for therapy today.

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  1. Departments of Pathology; Division of Immunology and Pathobiology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Japan

    Kazuo Komiyama

  2. Oral diagnosis, Japan

    Kazuyosi Koike

  3. Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery, Japan

    Masahiro Okaue & Mitsuhiko Matsumoto

  4. Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Japan

    Takahiro Kaneko

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Edwin L. Cooper

  2. Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

    Nobuo Yamaguchi

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Komiyama, K., Koike, K., Okaue, M., Kaneko, T., Matsumoto, M. (2004). Alternative and Comparative Medicine in Dentistry. In: Cooper, E.L., Yamaguchi, N. (eds) Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 546. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4820-8_15

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