Intermountain Healthcare is integrating dental care into its preventive primary care model based on recent research that indicates that poor oral health may be connected with some chronic illnesses and diseases, according to KSL.com.
To integrate dental care with its preventive primary care model, Intermountain has teamed up with Utah-based Burg Children’s Dentistry, creating a “whole health” approach. Through this approach, Intermountain and Burg Children’s Dentistry will integrate dental and medical care at 14 various locations through Utah.
The collaboration between Intermountain and Burg Children’s Dentistry has four main focuses:
1. Chronic diseases: Certain chronic diseases and medications can affect dental health and dental decay, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
2. Medications: Some medications, such as decongestants, antihistamines, painkillers, diuretics and antidepressants, can reduce saliva flow. Saliva can help protect from microbes that can multiply and
lead to disease.
3. Oral health vs. overall health: Dental problems can affect overall health. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that people who experienced oral infections in childhood had a higher risk of heart disease and stroke later in life.
4. Patients with special needs: The Intermountain’s Special Care Dentistry Program is for patients with conditions that require all of their dental services to be completed in an operating room using general anesthesia. The goal is to ensure all individuals with special needs have their dental and healthcare needs met.
For more information, visit intermountainhealthcare.org.
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To integrate dental care with its preventive primary care model, Intermountain has teamed up with Utah-based Burg Children’s Dentistry, creating a “whole health” approach. Through this approach, Intermountain and Burg Children’s Dentistry will integrate dental and medical care at 14 various locations through Utah.
The collaboration between Intermountain and Burg Children’s Dentistry has four main focuses:
1. Chronic diseases: Certain chronic diseases and medications can affect dental health and dental decay, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
2. Medications: Some medications, such as decongestants, antihistamines, painkillers, diuretics and antidepressants, can reduce saliva flow. Saliva can help protect from microbes that can multiply and
lead to disease.
3. Oral health vs. overall health: Dental problems can affect overall health. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that people who experienced oral infections in childhood had a higher risk of heart disease and stroke later in life.
4. Patients with special needs: The Intermountain’s Special Care Dentistry Program is for patients with conditions that require all of their dental services to be completed in an operating room using general anesthesia. The goal is to ensure all individuals with special needs have their dental and healthcare needs met.
For more information, visit intermountainhealthcare.org.
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