Oral Health in Transition: Charting a Collaborative Path Forward
Speaker
Moderated by Caswell A. Evans Jr., DDS, MPH
Caswell A. Evans Jr., DDS, MPH, President, NCDHE is a Emeritus Professor and former Associate Dean for Prevention and Public Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry
Patty Braun, MD, MPH, FAAP is a pediatrician at Denver Health, a large safety-net healthcare system. She is a Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the University of Colorado where she conducts oral health disparity and health services research and program evaluation. She directs the Rocky Mountain Network for Oral Health Integration and is the past chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Oral Health Executive Committee.
Mark Deutchman, MD bio coming soon
Brett Kessler, DDS is a general dentist in Denver, is President of the American Dental Association. He has served in numerous leadership roles, including Colorado Dental Association President (2014-2015) and ADA delegate (2008-2019). Dr. Kessler played a key role in establishing Colorado’s adult Medicaid dental benefit and earned the ADA’s Golden Apple Award for leadership in mentoring. A national speaker on well-being and leadership, he has served on the Council on Dental Wellbeing Advisory Committee and testified before Congress to advance oral health. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, he is also an endurance athlete, husband, and father of four.
Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS, MScD is a a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health, is Professor Emerita, School of Public Health, University of Maryland where she served as Associate Dean for Research and Principal Associate Dean. During her 28 years of prior government service, she served as Deputy Director, NIDCR, NIH, and completed a five-year term as the 15th Chief Dental Officer, USPHS. She has a DDS (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry), a hospital rotating internship (University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics), and an MScD in dental public health (Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine at Boston University). She currently serves as the Vice President of the Santa Fe Group.
Disclosure: These speakers do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Description
This webinar series brings together visionary leaders to dissect the wide-reaching implications of the current changes to the nation’s health system and highlight a critical path forward for oral health: medical-dental health care collaboration. Much of the dental profession still enjoys the confines of “the dental silo,” with more focus on the technical elements of dental treatment procedures than on the ramifications of oral health as an integral component of overall health. With the healthcare safety net crumbling and vulnerable communities increasingly at risk, NCDHE believes this collaboration may happen faster if the medical profession were to engage in discussion with the dental profession regarding collaborative patient care models, as a way forward to rebuild and reinforce the American healthcare system.
Educational Objectives
- The domino effects of federal and state disinvestment in oral health infrastructure.
- Firsthand accounts of the erosion of the local safety net and its real-world impacts.
- The promise of team-based, integrated interprofessional care models to stabilize and strengthen systems.
- Advocacy strategies to enhance oral health as integral to overall health at the forefront of public health policy.
This program is made possible through the support of Delta Dental Foundation.
Contact
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu