Julio Sotillo, DDS, PhD, is a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Masonic Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. He is a staff dentist in the Pediatric Bone Health Program in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology. Sotillo can be reached at soti0002@umn.edu.
As premature tooth loss is one of the first signs of this debilitating disease, oral health professionals need to be prepared to recognize it in its earliest stages.