Webinar: Oral-Systemic Health: The Link Between Periodontal Disease and Brain Health

Описание: In partnership with Crest+Oral-B and The Smile Generation, the Pacific Dental Services Foundation is pleased to present this webinar recording from June 25, 2021 featuring thought leaders Steven Masley, MD, Anne O. Rice, RDH, and Katie McCann Lee, DDS discussing the link between oral health and systemic health, particularly as it relates to brain conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Topics also include:
• The connection between periodontal disease and brain health
• The critical need for accelerated dental-medical integration to enable better health outcomes for all patients
• How proper oral hygiene can help mitigate and/or reduce the risks of deteriorating brain health
• The role that dentists and hygienists can and should play as part of patients’ systemic healthcare

As the fourth installment of our Oral-Systemic Health webinar series, the discussion was moderated by Dan Burke, vice president of the PDS Foundation and chief enterprise strategy officer of Pacific Dental Services.