The mouth body connection and the oral microbiome – what can be done to improve patient outcomes?
18 May 2024
BDA Theatre
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Learning Content
This lecture will explore the links between oral health and general health thereby enabling you to communicate this more effectively with your patients. It will discuss what the oral microbiome is, how we can test it, and how we can modify it to improve not only oral health but also general health.
Learning Aims
To explore what the oral microbiome is and how it plays a vital role in the mouth body connection - To understand how an imbalanced oral microbiome can impact not only oral health but also general health.
Learning Objectives
Explore the multiple connections between the mouth and the rest of the body / systemic disease - Understand the oral microbiome and how it can cause oral diseases - Understand the mechanisms connecting the oral microbiome to systemic diseases - Identify risk factors associated with oral microbiome dysbiosis - Benefits of biomarker and microbiome testing to help diagnose and treat oral disease.
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