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Assessing Xerostomia Risk in Young Patients

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While not traditionally noted as high risk for dry mouth, young patients are more commonly experiencing medical conditions and medication usage that increase susceptibility for xerostomia.

AGD Subject Code: 430

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Discuss the risk of xerostomia among young patients.
  2. Identify the conditions that may raise the risk for xerostomia among young patients.
  3. Explain how to perform a xerostomia risk assessment during the dental appointment.

This course was issued in September 2022 and expires September 2025. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.


Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for AGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID# 317924
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Melanie V. Taverna, MSDH, MAADH, is an assistant professor/clinical faculty member in the Division of Dental Hygiene at the University of Texas Health San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), where she teaches in the entry level, degreecompletion, and graduate programs. She is also director of the university’s Master of Science in Dental Hygiene Program. Active in practice-based research as the assistant director of the South Texas Oral Health Network (STOHN), a local practice-based research network of dentists and dental hygienists, Taverna is also currently conducting research through the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN). She is in her third year of UT Health San Antonio’s health sciences doctoral program. Taverna can be reached at: taverna@uthscsa.edu.


Rahma Mungia, BDS, MSc, DDPHRCS, is an associate professor in the Department of Periodontics at UT Health San Antonio. A dental public health professional with more than 15 years of clinical and practice-based research experience, she is the director of STOHN and assistant director of the Southwest region of the National Dental PBRN. In addition, Mungia teaches students and residents, mentors public health interns, and provides continuing education for academic faculty and private practitioners through active and collaborative learning facilitation methods. Some of her research is focused on xerostomia/dry mouth, Sjögren syndrome, burning mouth syndrome, bruxism, sleep apnea, and electronic nicotine delivery systems.


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