School of Dental Medicine faculty advocate for interprofessional care and practice

Two recent editorials, authored by multi-professional teams that include faculty from the School of Dental Medicine, highlight the role of dentists as part of teams for service delivery of critical health care.

Oral and maxillofacial disease: A model for interprofessional education and care” appeared in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, while “Including vaccinations in the scope of dental practice: The time has come” appeared in Journal of the American Dental Association

Three members of the dental school’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences were among the authors: Andres Pinto, Ivan J. Stojanov and Milda Chmieliauskaite.