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Oral Health Literacy

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ED22: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Oral Health Literacy for the Dental Hygiene Patient

Saturday, July 27, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM CST
Location: 283-285: NOCC
Earn: 1.0

Sponsored By CareQuest 
OHL is often depicted as the patient’s burden to bear, even though there may be challenges with translating oral health knowledge into actionable care. OHL is multifactorial, and there is a need for an improved understanding of OHL responsibility. Dental hygienists play an integral role as a part of the healthcare team. The presentation provides an opportunity to explore the multifaceted barriers to OHL and how dental hygienists can implement best practices to identify and support their patients as they navigate these challenges to improve their patients’ OHL and overall health outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session attendees will be able to:
  • Describe oral health literacy (OHL) as a component to oral health fluency.
  • Apply distributed cognition of past experiences, shared knowledge, and environmental factors to improve OHL.
  • Identify environmental barriers to OHL and provide suggestions to overcome these barriers.
  • Recognize the influence of cultural barriers to improve sensitivity for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Discuss leadership roles to initiate and implement oral heath fluency.