Building Bridges: Bringing Oral Health into Obstetric Care
This 1-hour continuing education course bridges the gap between dental and primary care teams to optimize maternal health outcomes. Participants will examine the systemic connection between poor oral health and adverse pregnancy outcomes while reviewing clinical guidelines for safe dental interventions during pregnancy. Additionally, this course features a presentation of an internally developed health center program designed to streamline and improve the cross-referral process and inter-professional communication between medical and dental departments.
Key Learning Objectives:
•Analyze the pathophysiological links between maternal oral infections and adverse birth outcomes
•Determine the safety and timing of diagnostic, preventative, and restorative dental
procedures during pregnancy
•Review a framework for inter-professional referral pathways within a multidisciplinary
care team
Speaker: Dr. Chetali Bhansali
Credits: 1.0 pending
In support of improving patient care, this activity was planned and implemented by the Illinois Primary Health Care Association and Moses/Weitzman Health System and its Weitzman Institute and is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Additional CE credits are available for dental, physician assistants/associates, registered dietitians, and social workers.