Maintaining oral health across the life span.
Oral health is directly related to systemic health, yet many Americans have limited to no access to dental health professionals. Nurse practitioners are in an excellent position to fill this void by providing caries risk assessments, chemical therapy to prevent progression of caries, and appropriate patient education to prevent caries.
Rita Jablonski is an associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing, Birmingham, Ala. Elizabeth Mertz is an assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco, Calif. John D.B. Featherstone is a dean and professor at the University of California, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, Calif. Terry Fulmer is a dean and professor at Bouvé College of Health Sciences and professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.
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