An Open Letter to Health Care Professionals

In the past few years there has been an increasing amount of research and published literature showing the connections of chronic oral infections and various systemic medical conditions. Like you, we see that the winds of medical/legal standards-of-care are starting to shift to include careful multi-disciplinary management of compromising health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and pregnancy, to name a few. As this standard of care shifts to embrace oral health status, physicians and dentists are recommending, if not insisting, that their patients deal with chronic oral infections. (note: Because of these connections, some medical carriers are now covering periodontal treatments). At this region’s only “Center for Dental Medicine ” our practice seeks to build a bridge in the medical/dental community to benefit patients and to help health professionals avoid the problems associated with failure to diagnose/treat important diseases related to the presence of chronic oral infections. Our purpose is to help save lives, and to help keep our physician friends and colleagues out of trouble with regard to what will be the certain medical/legal liability scrutiny which is coming our way