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Navigating Dental Care for Patients With Ehlers–Danlos Syndromes

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AGD Subject Code: 149

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

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

  1. Define Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS).
  2. Discuss the clinical manifestations of EDS.
  3. Identify the role of dental hygienists in supporting the health of this patient population.

This course was published in the November/December 2025 issue and expires December 2028. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Belmont Business Media is designated as an approved provider by the American Academy of Dental Hygiene, Inc. #AADHBBM (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026). Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial Board of Dentistry. Licensee should maintain this document in the event of an audit.
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Jessica Fox, RDH, is a student in the Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene Program at Farmingdale State College in New York and lives with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome. A member of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, Fox can be reached at foxj19@farmingdale.edu .


Loretta Mariano, DHSc, RDH, is an assistant professor and community oral health educator at Farmingdale State College in New York. A dental hygienist for more than 25 years, she is active in the profession as a continuing education course developer, treasurer and delegate of the Long Island Dental Hygienists’ Association, and past treasurer of the New York Dental Hygienists’ Association. Mariano’s areas of expertise include community oral health, oral epidemiology, dental public health planning, and clinical dental hygiene. She can be reached at loretta.mariano@farmingdale.edu.


Rosalie Forrester, EdD, RDH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Farmingdale State College in Farmingdale, New York, with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She is an active member of the Long Island Dental Hygienists’ Association where serves as vice president of membership development and engagement. Forrester is a member of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Peer Review Panel. She can be reached at: forresrm@farmingdale.edu.


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