HEALTHY MOUTHS IN SICK KIDS: Strategies for Oral health and adjuncts in Immunocompromised Patients

Thursday, 9:00am - 11:00am
Classroom:  Cira C

Maintaining oral health in children with immunecompromise is challenging. The practitioner must understand medications, diet, measures of immune function, and special behavioral concepts. This presentation will discuss all of these in the context of ready to implement oral health strategies and how to have discussions with medical teams in order to have oral health an equal priority in overall health.

Learning Objectives:
- Describe how immunecompromise impacts basic oral homeostasis
- Discuss (3) strategies to incorporate oral health practices into overall health maintenance
- Understand how to communicate with medical teams; Physicians, nurses, dieticians, respiratory therapists, occupational and physical therapy.