Oral health is linked to overall health yet more than 56 million Americans live without access to a dental professional.
To continue to address the gaps in our oral health care system, CareQuest Innovation Partners in partnership with MATTER continues SMILE Health — a program designed to identify and accelerate early stage startups driving change in the systemic health landscape.
Join the Dean of Harvard Dental School, Dr. William V. Giannobile, for a conversation with Chief Innovation Officer of CareQuest Innovation Partners, Mariya Filipova discuss our current oral health system, bridging the gap between oral and overall health, ways to make oral health more accessible and equitable and the launch of SMILE Health.
Following the discussion, learn about SMILE Health, a first-of-its-kind program seeking early-stage startups to deliver disruptive solutions to improve overall health. We discussed how to apply, partnership opportunities and more.
Articles referenced during the event:
Employers Save When Workers Use Preventive Dental | Guardian (guardianlife.com)
https://www.guardianlife.com/news/release/guardian-study-finds-employers-save-money-when-employees-use-preventive-dental-benefits
Periodontal treatment associated with decreased diabetes mellitus–related treatment costs – The Journal of the American Dental Association (ada.org)
https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(23)00022-3/fulltext#:~:text=In%20the%20Medicaid%20cohort%2C%20periodontal%20treatment%20was%20associated,%E2%80%93%242%2C917.84%3B%2095%25%20CI%2C%20%E2%80%93%243%2C354.48%20to%20%E2%80%93%242%2C480.76%3B%20P%20%3C.001%29.
Transforming Clinical Research to Meet Health Challenges
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37115557/
Upcoming Harvard AI Symposium
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