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Modifying Oral Hygiene Techniques to Improve Oral Health

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AGD Subject Code: 750

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

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

  1. Identify the demographics and background of patients living with Alzheimer disease/dementia (AD/D).
  2. List oral hygiene modifications that can help patients maintain their oral health and sense of independence.
  3. Note the importance of the caregiver in supporting oral hygiene.
  4. Explain a possible workflow to develop dynamic and consistent review of oral hygiene instruction modifications for patients with AD/D.

This course was published in the September 2023 issue and expires September 2026. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Erin Potts, DDS, is an associate professor in the Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health and director of Special Patients Clinic at the University of Texas School of Dentistry-Houston. She can be reached at erin.potts@uth.tmc.edu.


RAHA NADERI, RDH, MEd, is an assistant professor at the Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene at the University of Texas School of Dentistry- Houston.


Khairunisa Hashmani, RDH, MA, EdD, is an assistant professor in the Dental Hygiene Program of the Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene at The University of Texas School of Dentistry- Houston.


Angela Catic, MD, MEd, is an assistant professor at the Huffington Center on Aging at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and program co-director of the South East Texas Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (SETxGWEP).


Lea Kiefer, MPH, is the program manager for SETxGWEP.


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