Patent ID: 8909346

Claim:
A method to selectively administer electrical stimuli to a dental patient in conjunction with preventing or treating inflammation associated with performing oral surgery or other dental procedures or orthodontic procedures, comprising: providing a source of variable frequency, variable amplitude, variable duration electrical signals programmable according to a predetermined protocol, wherein the predetermined protocol is administered to sequentially apply a plurality of electrical signals, each electrical signal having a frequency that is programmed in a range of 0.1 to 970 hertz, an amplitude that is programmed in a range of approximately 20 to 400 microamps, and a programmed duration, wherein at least two of the electrical signals have different frequencies, amplitudes, or durations; and providing a plurality of electrodes adapted to be located to connect the source to the patient, the plurality of electrodes comprising one or more electrodes adapted to be located within the oral cavity of the patient, such that the variable frequency, variable amplitude electrical signals are applied as electrical stimuli proximate to the mouth when the predetermined protocol is being administered.