Name
Smile! How integrating oral health providers and BHCs can enhance overall patient health
Description
Behavioral health can be used as a scaffold for connecting traditionally siloed health specialties. At first sight, Dentistry and Behavioral Health appear unrelated. This presentation explores the relationship between two medical specialties and how this communication has the ability to be a catalyst for significant change in patient overall health. Together, an Oral Health Provider and a BHC present how collaborating in a primary care setting can facilitate more practitioners who better understand cultural humility and intersectionality.
Speakers
Angela Krider MSW, LCSW, Behavioral Health Consultant,
Kathryn McTigue DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry, Pittsboro, NC
Kathryn McTigue DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry, Pittsboro, NC
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Social determinants of health or SDoH, Team-based care, Workforce development
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)
Objective 1
Connect how behavioral health and oral health complement each other in patient treatment
Objective 2
Identify how oral health status can inform BH-related conditions
Objective 3
Define behavioral health as a bridge between dental and primary care.
Content Reference 1
Prasad SJ, Nair P, Gadhvi K, Barai I, Danish HS, Philip AB. Cultural humility: treating the patient, not the illness. Med Educ Online. 2016 Feb 3;21:30908. doi: 10.3402/meo.v21.30908. PMID: 26847853; PMCID: PMC4742464.
Content Reference 2
Cademartori MG, Gastal MT, Nascimento GG, Demarco FF, Corrêa MB. Is depression associated with oral health outcomes in adults and elders? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Oral Investig. 2018 Nov;22(8):2685-2702. doi: 10.1007/s00784-018-2611-y. Epub 2018 Sep 6. PMID: 30191327.
Content Reference 3
Inglehart MR, Albino J, Feine JS, Okunseri C. Sociodemographic Changes and Oral Health Inequities: Dental Workforce Considerations. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2022 Oct;7(1_suppl):5S-15S. doi: 10.1177/23800844221116832. PMID: 36121138.