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HIV & Oral Health Webinar Series Part 3: Providing Safe and Optimal Oral Health Care to PWH: What Everyone Should Know and Do

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Zoom
Starts at: February 8, 2023 12:00pm ET
Ends at: February 8, 2023 1:00pm ET
Free Admission

Description

A recording of this program is available at https://www.neaetc.org/events/browse/archive.

This talk will describe the main aspects of providing PWH safe and responsible dental care. We will review important laboratory tests, common oral mucosal diseases, and the effect of hyposalivation and its recommended management.

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss safety concerns when providing dental care to PWH
  • Review the common oral mucosal manifestations of HIV
  • Review the important role of saliva plays in maintaining good oral health and how to best manage hyposalivation

 

Speaker:

Herve Y Sroussi, DMD, PhD
Director for Research, Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Check out the topic page, Oral Health and HIV, from NEAETC's online HIV Resource Library.

Intended Audience

Interprofessional

Contact

Person: Helene.bednarsh@verizon.net

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Behavioral Prevention
  • Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Basic science
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • Linkage to Care
  • Retention and/or re-engagement in care
  • Non-infection comorbidities of HIV and viral hepatitis
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Oral health
  • Care coordination
  • Team-based care (i.e. interprofessional training)
  • Medical dental integration