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NIDCR75: Dental Caries – Connecting Health Disparities to Interventions

Event Details

March 13, 2024
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT
2024 General Session of the IADR/AADOCR/CADR, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 294, New Orleans, LA.

Event Description

This session reviewed the past, present, and future of dental caries prevention and management from a health disparities perspective to highlight multilevel influences on dental caries and promising strategies to address caries risk and barriers to accessing evidence-based interventions. 

Event Speakers

Session Co-Chair

Mary Marazita,Ph.D.​   ​

Mary Marazita, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences 
University of Pittsburgh

 

Speakers

Kimon Divaris, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Progress in Molecular and Population Studies of Childhood Oral Health

Kimon Divaris, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatric Dentistry
University of North Carolina

Brenda Heaton, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Zooming Out: The Psychosocial Complexities of Dental Caries

Brenda Heaton, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Health Services Research
University of Utah

Livia Tenuta, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.Sc.

Connecting the Dots: Using What We Know About Dental Caries Etiology in the Design of New Generation Therapeutics

Livia Tenuta, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor of Dentistry
University of Michigan 

Suchitra Nelson, Ph.D.

Multilevel Interventions in Primary Care— Implementing Health System Changes

Suchitra Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor of Community Dentistry
Case Western Reserve University 

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