Healthcare providers face challenges when reducing oral disease burden to enhance whole-body health. Shared provider knowledge of existing research incorporated into patient education and care plans fosters awareness of options and subsequent actions that may reduce negative health consequences. Growing evidence of the oral-systemic impact fuels the urgency to actively engage patients, as well as...

COURSE SUMMARY:  A free online dental continuing education course hosted by Dental CE Academy that summarizes the history of electronic cigarette use and the adverse consequences of our patients' oral and systemic health. Dental clinicians are uniquely positioned as resources for their patients addicted to nicotine products that may lead to morbidity/mortality, and poor treatment...