Persons With Intellectual, Physical and Developmental Disabilities: the Role of Dental Education in Policy, Education and Actions

Persons With Intellectual, Physical and Developmental Disabilities: the Role of Dental Education in Policy, Education and Actions is organized by American Dental Education Association (ADEA).

Start Date: Sep 25, 2024
End Date: Sep 25, 2027

Description:
This presentation will discuss the role of oral health care providers in advocacy, specifically regarding conditions and treatments for persons with disabilities. Looking at the management of dental caries, this presentation will focus on the therapies needed to provide optimal care for persons with disabilities, and the social, economic and practice limitations that can come with it.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the role of health facilitators/community health workers in assuring optimum oral health for individuals with disabilities.
• Explore the role of telehealth in assuring optimum health for individuals with disabilities.
• Summarize evidence-based caries management protocols. 
• Examine the role of evidence-based caries management paradigms in assuring optimum health for individuals with disabilities.
• Explore how State Practice Acts may impede optimum health for individuals with disabilities.