{"id":7211,"date":"2021-05-21T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/?p=7211"},"modified":"2021-05-19T09:27:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:27:50","slug":"why-join-the-american-academy-for-oral-systemic-health-aaosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/2021\/05\/21\/why-join-the-american-academy-for-oral-systemic-health-aaosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Join the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The length of my dental career has been shadowed by the declining health of our population. With great sadness, I have witnessed my patients arriving with new lists of lifestyle-related diagnoses and an assortment of medications, prescribed as \u201cband-aids\u201d for those ailments. In congruence, the ever-increasing prevalence of oral disease (caries, periodontitis, oropharyngeal cancer, and occlusal disease) has not surprised me. As a dedicated friend to my declining patients, I started looking for a better way to identify and treat these complexities\u2014from a root cause<\/em> perspective. I started calling it Total Health Dentistry.<\/p>\n

On my quest for a root cause, I discovered a jewel\u2014The American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH). This amazing group, a then-small group, of dentists and hygienists who banded around shared values, burning curiosity, and a determination to transform our profession, was something I knew I needed to be part of. AAOSH was founded in the emerging science that links periodontal disease to a litany of threatening systemic conditions such as Coronary Artery Disease. Since then, scientific evidence has flourished, along with \u201cour\u201d academy. Current evidence supports the mouth-body connections with diseases such as airway disorders, diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, acid reflux, chronic systemic inflammation from food sensitivities, fungal infections, HPV, depression and so much more!<\/p>\n

In my opinion, our patients\u2019 weakened host-immune responses are largely a result of the most common disfunctions in our culture: a defective, sugared-up food supply, oxygen\/sleep deprivation, and a sedentary lifestyle. When your patient visits us for their preventive appointments, they bring us all<\/em> the telltale signs\u2026in their mouths. Once you \u201csee\u201d them you can no longer \u201cun-see\u201d them. AAOSH has really helped me and my entire team illuminate these signs, get to root cause, and transform our treatment options. Moreover, the like-valued friendships and co-collaborative relationships we have made within AAOSH have been life-changing.<\/p>\n

Beyond helping your patients<\/em>, becoming a Total Health Dental practice, and following the principles of AAOSH will help your business<\/em>:<\/p>\n