Salivary Diagnostics for Chairside Screening of Medical Conditions in the Dentist Office
Course code: C20
Saliva has long been considered a "mirror of the body" that reflects the state of a person's overall health. In recent years, saliva has attracted widespread interest as a diagnostic medium for rapid, point-of-care testing. The advantages of using saliva for disease diagnostics include ease of access, noninvasive sample collection, increased acceptance by patients, and reduced risks of infectious disease transmission. Advances in the science of salivary diagnostics will lead to identification of disease signature patterns of candidate biomarkers and/or confirmation of genetic susceptibility for some conditions. As salivary diagnostic applications advance, dentists are encouraged to take leadership roles in integrating the tests and related technologies into clinical practice, consistent with the best available scientific evidence.
Speaker: Dr. David Wong, DMD, UCLA School of Dentistry
About the speaker: Felix & Mildred Yip Endowed Professor and Associate Dean of Research, UCLA School of Dentistry; Director, UCLA Dental Research Institute.
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