6. [Perio] What is the relationship between tobacco and periodontal disease w/ Dr. Manali Vora [CE Eligible]

<p>Earn dental continuing education when you listen to the Dental Digest Podcast! Just visit <a href= "http://www.dentaldigestinstitute.com!">www.dentaldigestinstitute.com!</a> This episode of Dental Digest features Dr. Manali Vora. Dr. Vora wrote the cover story for the May 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. <span style= "font-weight: 400;"> In this episode Dr. Vora will discuss tobacco-use patterns and self-reported oral health outcomes. She will discuss different delivery systems available for tobacco consumption and the ramifications those systems have on the periodontium.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What you'll learn:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Gain a better understanding of the different tobacco consumption behaviors.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Develop an appreciation for the deleterious effects tobacco products have on the periodontium.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Understand the different ways in which periodontitis presents as a result of different tobacco consumption patterns.</span></p> <p>Dr. Vora is a dentist and an epidemiologist. She formerly served as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at University of California, San Francisco. She is now periodontics resident at the University of Connecticut.</p> <p>During her time at UCSF, she has focused her research program on periodontal health outcomes and substance use. One of her projects as a post-doctoral fellow was to evaluate if non-cigarette tobacco product users are more likely to report gum disease and gum disease treatment compared to people who have never used tobacco.</p> <p>She earned her DDS in Dental Surgery from Gujarat University, India in 2014. She obtained her MPH in Epidemiology at University of Washington, Seattle. </p> <p>This project’s findings were published in the Journal of American Dental Association in 2019. Her other projects are about identifying predictors of change in tobacco use behavior over