Course Summary: This course equips dental professionals with the knowledge and skills to provide high-quality dental care tailored to the unique needs of children with developmental disabilities. Learning Objectives: Presenter Bio: Jessica Webb, DDS, MSD, MA, MSRT, ACC Jessica attended dental school at UCLA and trained in pediatric dentistry at the University of Washington and...
Brief Description: As we age, subtle shifts in mental, social, and sensory well-being can quietly contribute to cognitive decline. Clues to these problems may go unnoticed until memory impairment is quite advanced and management of these underlying problems become more complex. Approximately 45% of dementia cases are preventable over our lifespan. Early intervention and building...
Course Description: Learn about what’s new with Washington’s Sealant guidelines, why the changes were made, and how dental programs, practices, and providers can use them to care for patients. Dental providers that developed the updated the guidelines will provide an overview of the guidelines, highlighting updates and changes, and answering participants’ questions. Course Objectives: Participants...
Course Summary: This presentation explores Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) — the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. These factors include where people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and they significantly impact a person's overall health and well-being. Course Objectives: Presenter Bio: Alicia Tieder, MSW, LICSW, MBAVice President, Organizational Learning, Patient & Family...
Course Description: This presentation equips dental professionals with the latest insights into the dynamic relationship between oral health and brain health, known as the oral-cognitive link. It explores how the oral microbiome influences brain function both directly—through microbial translocation and neuroinflammation—and indirectly—via gut microbiota modulation and nitric oxide pathways. Recent studies have identified specific oral...