Dental Asia March/April 2024

CLINICAL FEATURE
It is also well understood and accepted
that healthy lifestyle choices may play an
important role in health outcomes for specific
diseases or conditions. Consultation with the
healthcare provider should always be obtained
prior to use. DA
DECLARATIONS
Dr Alan Kwong Hing is the founder and
chairman of The PBM Group of Companies,
which makes medical devices focused on use
of photobiomodulation to enhance healing and
decrease pain in humans and animals. He is
also the founder and chairman of A&H Academy.
Dr Jacqueline Crossman, PHD, MSc, is the
director of research at PBM Healing. She has
published several original research articles,
review papers, and book chapters, and has
received many awards during her recent
graduate studies.
Dr Michael R Hamblin, PhD, is a scientific advisor
to PBM Healing. He has published over 800
peer-reviewed articles, over 150 conference
proceedings, book chapters and international
abstracts and holds 10 patents. He is editor-inchief
of Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine
and Laser Surgery, associate editor for 10
journals, and on the editorial board of a further
60 journals.
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Dr Michael R Hamblin, PhD,
was a principal investigator
at the Wellman Center
for Photomedicine at
Massachusetts General
Hospital, an associate
professor of Dermatology
at Harvard Medical School for 25 years, and is
now a distinguished visiting professor at the
University of Johannesburg, South Africa and
affiliated faculty at Radiation Biology Research
Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran.
Dr Alan Kwong Hing DDS,
MSc graduated with his
Doctor of Dental Surgery
degree with distinction from
the University of Western Ontario. He received
the University Gold Medal and completed a
concurrent Master’s Degree in Pathology with a
focus on Bone Biology. He has earned multiple
degrees and received numerous awards
including the IADR predoctoral Hatton award.
Dr Jacqueline Crossman,
PhD, is the director
of research at PBM Healing.
She graduated with her
Doctor of Philosophy in
Medical Sciences, Oral
Biology in 2022 from the
University of Alberta after completing a Master
of Science in Medical Sciences, Oral Biology in
2015 from the same institution.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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