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Casey Hein, BSDH is director of education for the International Centre for Oral-Systemic Health at the University of Manitoba and president of Casey Hein & Associates, located in Evergreen, CO.

This course focuses on a compelling vision for the very important role of oral health care practitioners in screening for diabetes, prediabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome with practical case-based learning. It concludes by offering recommendations for building collaborative relationships with non-dental health care providers specific to diabetes management.

Learning Objectives: 

• Discuss evidence supporting interrelationships between insulin resistance, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and periodontal disease
• Execute protocols to screen dental patients for diabetes
• Integrate strategies to identify patients at risk for diabetes
• Implement CDC guidelines for identifying pediatric patients at risk for obesity