I cannot stress enough the importance of the connection between diabetes and gum disease. As a respected dentist in Scottsdale it is my duty and promise to provide you with timely information about these oral problems in a timely fashion and in a way that you, my dental patients can understand.

What’s New In The News About Diabetes And Oral Disease

Despite the growing realization that oral health and disease is linked to other systemic health issues, medicine and dentistry continue to be implemented as two separate health professions.

On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM, The New York Academy of Sciences will be having a symposium that will bring together physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, endocrinologists, dentists, periodontists, dental hygienists, epidemiologists, public health and nursing professionals to examine the bidirectional relationship between oral disease and diabetes.

Participants will obtain to ability to:

1. Identify the demographics, epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of diabetes and periodontitis
   Explain the factors that constitute the bidirectional diabetes-oral disease
2. Link and their importance in individuals with or at risk of diabetes or periodontal disease
3. Define the role of oral disease in initiating the inflammatory response and the impact of hyperglycemia on oral health
4. Effectively screen and counsel patients for oral disease and diabetes risk
   Advise patients on disease management
5. Explain the necessity of including oral health as part of routine health care for the diabetic population
6. Explain recent advances in understanding the oral cavity
7. Understand its impact on systemic diseases and diagnostics
8. Explain the critical need for and application of interprofessional patient management in dental and diabetic patients
9. Network with colleagues from a diverse range of health care backgrounds
10. Increasing their professional contacts
11. Enable a more integrated approach to managing the health of diabetic individuals

Sessions will include:

• SESSION I: Current Concepts in Diabetes
• SESSION II: The Diabetes-Oral Disease Connection
• SESSION III: Unraveling the Mechanistic Links between Periodontitis and Diabetes
• SESSION IV: Inter-Professional Relationships in Patient Care

This symposium is being presented by the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, theColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the New York Academy of Sciences.

If you’re interested you can sign up here for this event.