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"And now that I have your attention"
This is what the shift to the wellness based model looks like....
Dentistry 3.0 - Advanced Dental Clearance™ and The Larkin Protocol™
Every dental practice begins its wellness journey from a different place. For that reason, I have simplified my educational offerings into two distinct virtual training pathways, allowing practices to choose the program that best aligns with their vision, experience, and goals.
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The Future of Prevention Has Two Pathways
​The future of dentistry is no longer defined by treating disease—it is defined by identifying risk earlier, educating patients more effectively, and integrating oral health into whole-body wellness.
That is why we now offer two distinct training pathways, allowing practices to choose the level of preventive care that best fits their vision and stage of growth.
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Track One: Advanced Dental Clearance™
Designed for practices embracing oral-systemic health, functional medicine, longevity, and the BaleDoneen Method, Advanced Dental Clearance provides a comprehensive framework for identifying dental risk factors that influence overall health.
Practices learn how to evaluate periodontal inflammation, oral pathogens, sleep-disordered breathing, chronic endodontic infections, restorative risk, and other key contributors to systemic disease. Whether partnering with physicians or building a wellness-focused practice, Advanced Dental Clearance creates a common diagnostic language that elevates dentistry's role in healthcare.
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Track Two: The Larkin Protocol™
For practices ready to implement the most comprehensive biologic periodontal program available, The Larkin Protocol adds advanced chairside diagnostics and treatment systems that transform the hygiene department into a true preventive health center.​
Using live biofilm microscopy, salivary diagnostics, evidence-based treatment protocols, and patient-centered education, practices create an engaging experience that improves case acceptance, strengthens patient relationships, and delivers measurable clinical outcomes.
Together, these two educational pathways allow every practice to begin where they are—and continue growing as their vision expands.
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The Rise of Proactive Healthcare
Today's patients are no longer satisfied with simply repairing disease after it occurs. They want providers who help them understand risk, prevent illness, and optimize lifelong health.
Both Advanced Dental Clearance and The Larkin Protocol embrace this proactive philosophy by helping practices identify disease earlier, educate patients more effectively, and create personalized prevention strategies.
Patients increasingly seek providers who emphasize:
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Earlier detection before symptoms develop
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Personalized risk assessment
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Prevention rather than reaction
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Longevity and healthy aging
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Oral health as an essential part of total-body wellness
Whether through comprehensive dental health assessments or advanced chairside diagnostics, your practice becomes a trusted partner in your patients' long-term health journey.
Women, who often make healthcare decisions for their families, especially value practices that provide education, transparency, and evidence-based preventive care.​
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Personalized Care That Builds Lifelong Relationships​
Technology should never replace relationships—it should strengthen them.
Both training tracks help practices deliver a more personalized patient experience through education, communication, and meaningful conversations about health.
Practices learn to:
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Identify each patient's unique oral health risks
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Communicate findings in ways patients understand
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Build trust through objective diagnostics
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Create individualized prevention strategies
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Strengthen physician collaboration when appropriate
For practices implementing The Larkin Protocol, live microscopy becomes a powerful educational experience that allows patients to literally see what is happening in their own mouths. For practices focused on Advanced Dental Clearance, comprehensive risk assessment creates equally powerful conversations centered on whole-body health.
Either pathway positions your practice as a trusted healthcare resource—not simply a place to repair teeth.
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A New Era of Private Practice Dentistry
Private practices have an extraordinary opportunity to differentiate themselves by delivering care that large corporate organizations often cannot—personalized, relationship-driven, prevention-focused healthcare.
Our two-track educational model allows practices to grow at their own pace.
Advanced Dental Clearance helps practices:
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Integrate oral-systemic health concepts
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Support functional medicine and longevity providers
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Develop physician referral relationships
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Expand comprehensive diagnostic services
The Larkin Protocol helps practices:
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Implement advanced periodontal diagnostics
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Elevate the hygiene department
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Increase treatment acceptance through patient education
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Create a scalable preventive practice model
Regardless of which path you begin with, the destination is the same:
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Diagnosis before disease
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Education before intervention
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Prevention before restoration
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Health before repair
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Choose Your Path. Build Your Future.
The future of dentistry belongs to practices that diagnose earlier, educate better, and integrate healthcare.
Whether your goal is to become the dental partner for functional medicine physicians through Advanced Dental Clearance, or to build a comprehensive biologic periodontal program with The Larkin Protocol, you now have a clear educational pathway designed for your practice.
One Mission. Two Educational Tracks. Endless Opportunity.
Advanced Dental Clearance™
Dental Diagnostics in Support of Whole-Body Health
The Larkin Protocol™
Advanced Prevention Through Chairside Diagnostics and Biologic Periodontal Therapy
The choice is simple. Start where you are. Build the practice you've always envisioned.
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In the fall of 2017, I solved a very frustrating problem. The video phase contrast microscope was, without question, the game-changing technology that I was introducing to progressive dental practices, but the setup at the time was not user-friendly. I began to purchase numerous scopes/monitors/cameras/tablets and visit with vendors. I needed a simple plug-and-play solution. I was down to my last call when I met an individual with 40 years of experience that promised he could fulfill my desires. He custom-built a HD camera-enabled clinical-grade scope with NO bells and whistles. This dramatically changed the price point that now made it accessible to the masses. It is called The Larkin Protocol Configuration from Leica, A world-class name in optics.

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Dr. Tom Larkin is the founder of Proactive Oral Wellness (powhygiene.com), After attending the BaleDonnen preceptorship in 2013, he designed the first and only web-based training for dental phase-contrast microscopy and advanced prevention. An expert in dental start-ups and acquisitions, Dr. Larkin works closely with practices that desire to make the shift to wellness models. His new podcast, Oral Systemic Connections introduces healthcare practitioners to many individuals embracing Dentistry 3.0. His live training events are held twice yearly to raise the level of expertise among a growing community of dental practitioners seeking more career and personal satisfaction.






