We read in the New York Times that the renowned Dr. Clyde Yancy of the Cardiology Department at Northwestern University considers “randomized controlled clinical trials,” RCCT, the Gold Standard for cause-and-effect research that reveals the authentic treatment-and-outcome relationships. Dr. Robert Califf, founder of the Duke Clinical Research Institute is credited for his experience in RCCT. Sorry doctors, but dentistry can’t seem to handle that Gold Standard.
For the last 45 years we have accumulated clinical cases and trials of nonsurgical Calcium Therapy in dental care, in skin care, and now we see clear collateral benefits in internal medicine. The good news is we use them in every dental field and find them applicable to every inch of human skin. Now we see collateral benefits to medical conditions. The sad news is we have waited nearly four decades to begin dental research at our own dental schools with these materials. We’ve applied and asked again and again, even invested thousands of dollars in collaborative contracts to begin trials. And yet, there has not been so much as an email or phone call in response. It’s as if there is a ban on such trials.
What a great challenge it would be for physicians and dentists to collaborate in this arena.
It is not just that USA healthcare is far behind the rest of the world, but that an entire generation of dentists and physicians have not been allowed to learn the value of these calcium/zinc materials. Why? It’s simple. They make sense and work. Calcium Therapies are easy. Just do some RCCT, and accept the findings. They are wonderful for the mouth, the skin. Many people say this is magic, wondrous, unbelievable. They are NOT. Calcium/zinc materials are simple, direct, cost effective and last for extended periods of time. Their oral application may work better and safer than fecal therapy to control gut infections. They don’t compete with antibiotics and are good for calcium deficiencies, much safer than surgeries or hormones, and better than the antiquated prescription, “Drink milk and don’t fall.”
Again this year we presented our “gut theory” to brilliant listeners at the ConsEuro Dental Congress. Here lies reality. This is not rocket science. It is normal science and RCCT make sense. A school like Northwestern University or Duke University’s Translational Medicine Institute will find a research gold mine here.
Thanks to our medical profession RCCT cause-and-effect research reveals the authentic treatment-and-outcome relationships. When dentistry decides to, we could handle that Gold Standard as well.
Mark J. Manhart DDS
Calcium Therapy Institute