The Dental Medical Convergence
Resources for Patients
Find out how your oral health could be linked to other health issues
Learn how your oral health affects your overall health.
Download and print this important educational tool to take with you to your next dentist and doctor appointments.
Learn how simple changes to your routine can make a big difference to your overall health.
Say Ahh – The cavity in health care reform
Watch this one-hour informative movie to learn about the state of oral health care in America.
AAOSH’s and the Oral-Systemic Link
Learn more about the oral–systemic link from The American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH).
Learn about the oral systemic connection and why it matters to your overall health in this article.
Listen to the AAOSH podcast to learn all the latest research on oral health.
Your Filthy Mouth Podcasts
Learn important dental information by listening to Dr. Chuck’s podcast.
Oral Health and Children
Learn about how poor oral health can impact a child’s cardiovascular health.
Helping children take care of their teeth
Watch this video to learn some helpful tips to make oral health fun for your kids.
Printable Kids Activity Sheets
Educate your children about dental health with these activity sheets.
Oral health and your body
Watch this video to find out how gum disease affects your health.
Oral health affects the rest of your body?
Watch this video to learn how oral health is linked to overall health.
Teeth: Your body’s early warning system
Why is oral health important? Ask Coley
Watch this video to learn oral health tips to pass along to your children.
Your health family: The connection between oral health and your body
TV show highlights link between oral and overall health
Read the latest research and articles about the oral systemic connection
- Dental Wellness Center: The effects of oral health on systemic health
- Mayo Clinic: Oral Health: A window to your overall health
- Web MD: How your oral health affects your overall wellness
- Townsend Letter: The link between oral health and whole-body health: Is it really, “all in your head?”
- Blogspot: Oral Health and Systemic Health Link
- Science Direct: The impact of oral health on physical fitness: A systematic review
- Healthline: Everything you need to know about dental and oral health
- Scientific American: How poor oral health fosters systemic disease
- Clinical Advisor: The links between oral and systemic health
- RDH Magazine: Senior care: The importance of oral health for overall health
- ADA: Healthy mouth, healthy body
- Oral systemic link: The vital importance of the mouth-body connection
- Harvard Health Publishing: Gum disease and the connection to heart disease
- The HealthSite: Premature birth: reduce the risk by taking good oral care during pregnancy
