Dr. Arany is the immediate past-president of WALT and a past-president of NAALT. He received his clinical dental training at Belgaum, India and Boston, USA. He pursued his doctoral research as a Harvard Presidential scholar and received certificates in clinical translational research from Harvard Medical School and the National Institutes of Health. He pursued three postdoctoral fellowships in cell-molecular biology, radiation biology and biomedical engineering. His research has focused on outlining molecular mechanisms of Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy and promoting its clinical translation.
He is a globally recognized expert in PBM therapy and reviews for several national and international grant agencies and over 40 scientific journals, serves on 7 editorial boards including Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. He has over 70 peer-reviewed publications, 4 patents and recipient of several awards including NCI Young Investigator, WHS Young Investigator, ASLMS Horace Furomoto and ALD’s Eugene Siedner award.
Just following the discussion on chat from Dr. Reems presentation, with Kay, Tom K and yourself. LED balanced irradiance over larger area, compared with laser flat-head even irradiance, how might they be similar?
Over a particular scale, the multi-point LED delivery appears to simulate a flat-top laser distribution. Ae has reported from several carefully done lab studies, the laser appears to outperform the LEDs in most assays even when matched for peak irradiance. The precise reason is still unclear. However, the LEDs are a lot more forgiving clinically due to their tissue heating profile. It is a myth that LEDs cannot cause damage, esp with the newer higher power ones.
There is increasing evidence that a major problem with PBM clinical dosing is over-treatments, especially thermal effects. See our Sci Reports 2015 paper Khan et al. Using a scanning pattern or lower irradiances over longer times provides a more reproducible, safer approach.