NIDCR75: Dental Caries – Connecting Health Disparities to Interventions
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.
Distinguished Professor of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Speakers
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
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
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
Multilevel Interventions in Primary Care— Implementing Health System Changes
Suchitra Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor of Community Dentistry
Case Western Reserve University
Other Information
For a full listing of anniversary-related events and activities, visit our 75th anniversary webpage.
Last Reviewed
August 2024
August 2024