Casey Hein, BSDH, MBA, is an assistant professor in the Division of Periodontics, Dental Diagnostics, and Surgical Sciences in the College of Dentistry of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Canada, where she also serves as director of education at the International Centre for Oral-Systemic Health, and director for Continuing Competency and Assessment for Dentistry and Dental Hygiene. She can be reached at casey@caseyhein.com.
Oral health professionals who understand the interrelationship of the inflammatory burden shared by these two chronic diseases will be best prepared to provide customized treatment.
Clinicians have a variety of options available to improve their viewing of the oral cavity. By Casey Hein, BSDH, MBA, and Eraldo L. Batista Jr, DDS, MSc