FLAK1: You, the Dental Professional, Oral Health, and Chronic Illness
Subject Code: 730: Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology
Credits: 1
Session Type: Lecture
Fee: Free
Audience: D, H, O, R, S, A, T
Oral bacteria have been implicated in correlation with a host of systemic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and many other chronic illnesses. By committing to an interdisciplinary approach to care we can be key stakeholders in facilitating our patients journey to whole-body health. Attendees will explore the history of the oral-systemic link, as well as periodontal disease and the mechanism of action for the association to chronic systemic illness. This course includes a review of literature concerning the oral-systemic link and how to communicate those findings to our patients in order to facilitate whole-body health. This course will also discuss using each member of the dental team to educate the patient.
Objectives:
Define the association between periodontal disease and systemic illness.
Describe chronic inflammation and its effect on whole-body health.
Identify systemic illness with an association to periodontal disease and describe the mode of action.
Construct a decision tree that reflects the needs of whole-body health.
Subject Code: 730: Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology
Credits: 1
Session Type: Lecture
Fee: Free
Audience: D, H, O, R, S, A, T
Oral bacteria have been implicated in correlation with a host of systemic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and many other chronic illnesses. By committing to an interdisciplinary approach to care we can be key stakeholders in facilitating our patients journey to whole-body health. Attendees will explore the history of the oral-systemic link, as well as periodontal disease and the mechanism of action for the association to chronic systemic illness. This course includes a review of literature concerning the oral-systemic link and how to communicate those findings to our patients in order to facilitate whole-body health. This course will also discuss using each member of the dental team to educate the patient.
Objectives:
Define the association between periodontal disease and systemic illness.
Describe chronic inflammation and its effect on whole-body health.
Identify systemic illness with an association to periodontal disease and describe the mode of action.
Construct a decision tree that reflects the needs of whole-body health.
