Miho Imamura ,D.D.S
M.I.H.O. Orthodontic dentistry clinic director
Representative of M.I.H.O co., Ltd and MIHO Preventive dental laboratory.
What M.I.H.O. aims at
changing from “treatment” to “prevention” !
Japanese life expectancy is 83 years old. It’s a world’s best longevity.
But it is said that it is until 76 years old that most people can live in the health.
In other words,76-83 years old is the periods which cannot live healthily!
So it’s important to determine the state of your body on a daily.And it’s an ideal to live a healthy life not to depend on medicine.
M.I.H.O. think it’s happy that everyone is able to do the assistant who can live a healthy life by a smiling face.
To what is available to us for now and the future?
In order to contribute to the personal and social,M.I.H.O wants to be always an acting group through dental medical treatment.
Educational background and career
■Education
| 1986 | Nippon dental university graduated |
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| 1988 | Japan university orthodontic course graduated |
| 1996 | DesMoines Collage(DMACC) graduated |
| 2014 | PhD from Yamanashi University medical PhD course graduation on growth study |
■Professional Experience
| 1986 | Japanese national dentist licence received |
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| 1986-1996 | Ohno Orthodontic Clinic （Yokohama Japan) |
| 1987-2003 | Imamura clinical dental institute (family clinic in Kofu Japan) |
| 1988-2002 | Preventive dental research and study at DesMoines Collage(DMACC) Iowa USA |
| 2003-2009 | M.I.H.O. orthodontic clinic (private clinic in Nakakomagun Ymanashi Japan) |
| 2010- | M.I.H.O. orthodontic clinic (private clinic in Kofu Yamanashi Japan) |
| 2014- | second orthodontic clinic (practice branch in Tokyo Japan) |
■Association Experence
| 1997-2007 | Orthodontic seminar translator [Progressive Orthodontic Seminars (POS Seminar) in Japan] Number of attendees 39 |
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| 2008- | Orthodontic seminar presenter [MIHO Orthodontic Seminars (MOS Seminar)] Number of attendees 51 |
| 2008- | Myofunctional Therapy seminar presenter [MFT Seminar] Number of attendees 127 |
| 9/9-13/2015 | “AAMS First Congress: Long term stability for orthodontic cases with MFT |
| 7/24/2016 | MFT seminar in KOREA : MyoFunctional Orthodontics |
| 11/18-20/2016 | BIT’s 3rd Annual World Congress of Oral Dental Medicine-2016 : Myofunctional Orthodontics treatment with MFT for the long term stability |
| 12/17-18/2016 | MFT seminar in Latvia : Myofunctional Orthodontics treatment with MFT for the long term stability |
| 3/1-5/2017 | The 2nd AAMS Congress : Myofunctional Orthodontics treatment with MFT for the long term stability |
| 9/5-10/2018 | The 3rd AAMS Congress : Functional Orthodontics Approach with Upper jaw Expansion & MFT Helps for the Mouth Breather |
Related Experence (membership)
| 1986- | Alexander study club Japan member (2012-2013 president) |
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| 1988- | Japan orthodontic association member |
| 1988- | Japan adult orthodontic association member |
| 1991- | American Association of orthodontists member |
| 2000- | A certisfied dentist of Japan adult orthodontic association |
| 2000- | Board member and established member of MFT Japanese association |
| 2001- | Board-Certified Orthodontist of Japan Association of Adult Orthodontics |
| 2007- | A specialist of Japan adult orthodontic association |
| 2007- | Clinical Supervisor of Japan Association of Adult Orthodontics |
| 2013- | A certisfied dentist of Japan orthodontic association |
| 2013- | Board -Certified Orthodontist of Japanese Orthodontic Society |
| 2016- | An exective member of Japan adult orthodontic association |
| 2021- | Clinical Supervisor of Japanese Orthodontic Society |
Publication
“Oral MyoFunctional Therapy”
by Mr.& Mrs.Zickefoose
Translated with three other Othodontists 1989
“Cinical Oral MyoFunctional Therapy (MFT)” Swallowing Problems Chewing For Aging People 1998
