title: The Role of Academic Institutions in Fostering Interprofessional Educational Models.
abstract: Dentistry is much broader than the conditions it treats. In 2014, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine convened a leadership forum, "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: The Economic Imperative of Oral Health." Based on the goals of that initiative to advocate for an integrated healthcare system, the authors have presented pertinent information from two major research projects and two major clinical programs, which, collectively, aim to bring oral health into primary care and raise the awareness of the connections between oral health and systemic health.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Pre-Doctoral Clinical Education, Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: Romesh P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Nalliah
authors.affiliation: Instructor, Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology; Program Director, Geriatric Dentistry, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: President, Any Dental Detail, Odenton, Maryland.
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Wellman
authors.affiliation: Instructor in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Chief of Oral Health, Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Swann
mesh_terms: D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D012575:Schools, Dental