March 13, 2024
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT
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.
Session Co-Chair
Mary Marazita, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
![Kimon Divaris, D.D.S., Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Divaris_Kimon.jpg)
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.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Heaton_Brenda.jpg)
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.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Tenuta_Livia.jpg)
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.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Nelson_Suchitra.jpg)
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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