Oral Health Ohio and HealthPath Foundation (OHO’s fiscal agent) participated in racial equity training through the Racial Equity Institute.

Cindy Lord, MS, PA-C is Associate Professor and Founding Director at the Physician Assistant Program, School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Cindy is an active member and Physician Assistant (PA) “oral health champion” with the National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health (NIIOH). She is also a member of the national PA Oral Health Advisory Group. Cindy has recently been asked to serve on an oral health focus group through primary care and oral health

2/24/2017 By: Military Health System Communications Office In 2008, 40 percent of DoD Selected Reserve troops were classified as unfit for duty for a surprising reason: dental readiness. Many others sent downrange developed dental problems during deployment. Read the full story here: https://health.mil/News/Articles/2017/02/24/Poor-dental-health-leading-cause-of-readiness-issues #NoteworthyNews #PublicHealth #MilitaryReadiness #PoorDentalHealth

On Tuesday, April 3, Ohio State's Office of Research hosted a reception that recognized faculty members throughout the university whose achievements received national or international awards in 2017-18, or whose achievements reach outside or across academic disciplines. Two long-time active Oral Health Ohio members included in these honors are Homa Amini, DDS, MS, MPH and Paul Casamassimo, DDS, MS. Read the full story here: https://dentistry.osu.edu/news/ohio-states-office-re

A recent study showed that people with chronic gum inflammation for 10 or more years were 70 percent more likely than people without periodontitis to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Read more at the Huffington Post here: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/long-term-gum-disease-linked-to-alzheimers-disease_us_59974d9de4b0a2608a6c768a?utm_hp_ref=dental-health #NoteworthyNews #PublicHealth #GumDisease #Alzheimers