Link between diabetes and oral health: Practitioners share new data, treatment …
NEW YORK–The links between oral disease and other systemic health issues are well known. While some 65% of people in the U.S. have periodontal disease, the rate is 90% among individuals with diabetes. Yet there continues to be tiny to no connection between the medical and dental care that patients receive.
To read more about periodontal disease, go to periodontal disease.
A May 4, 2011, scientific symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences will bring together physicians, doctor assistants, nurse practitioners, endocrinologists, dentists, periodontists, dental hygienists, epidemiologists, public health and nursing professionals, and basic researchers to analyze the bidirectional relationship between oral disease and diabetes.
The daylong “Diabetes and Oral Disease: Implications for Health Professionals” symposium will feature presentations by more than a dozen experts in dentistry and diabetes, and is designed to provide practitioners with tools for enhancing the quality of healthcare delivery and improving patient outcomes.
A keynote address by William C. Knowler, MD, DrPH, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, will discuss the need for collaboration among medical and dental care professionals to improve the health of individuals with diabetes.
Presented by the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the New York Academy of Sciences, this symposium offers participants the opportunity to earn up to 6.5 continuing education credits.
WHAT: Diabetes and Oral Disease: Implications for Health Professionals
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
WHEN: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 | 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
WHERE: The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 40th floor, NYC
Support for “Diabetes and Oral Disease: Implications for Health Professionals” is provided by Oral Health America, Aetna Dental, Colgate-Palmolive Institute for Oral Health, and the Life Technologies Foundation.
More source:
Link between diabetes and oral health: Practitioners share new data ...Diabetes and oral health | International Diabetes Federation
Diabetes Mellitus and Oral Health
2012 Media Kit - American Dental Association
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