Teaching myself about toothaches (pulpitis? periapical abscess??!). I went to @harvardmed and primary care residency and never once was taught to examine a mouth. A common jail complaint and common issue for people who use drugs. Oral health= important health equity issue!! 🤦‍♀️ Tweet added by Kim Sue, MD, PhD @DrKimSue

Kim Sue, MD, PhD

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Teaching myself about toothaches (pulpitis? periapical abscess??!). I went to @harvardmed and primary care residency and never once was taught to examine a mouth. A common jail complaint and common issue for people who use drugs. Oral health= important health equity issue!! 🤦‍♀️

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Dr. Adam Goodcoff

@seethemedlife

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed The perks of having an endodontist for a dad! But I agree very little training in the mouth

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Briana Christophers, PhD

@BriChristophers

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed Hmm looks like a good opportunity to collab with dentists for #HealthJustice !

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Dr Kristine De Jesus

@DrKrisDeJesus

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed Healthcare education (in the USA) is woefully lacking in teaching about #SUD Considering how often medical & mental health providers interface with #PWUD &have complications related to SUD this lack of dedicated curriculum seems unethical & immoral. #RecoveryIsASocialJusticeIssue

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Steve S

@obsteve1

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed I agree! Prob the greatest paucity of care avail in my region is dental. Even if I can dx pathology there is little I can do abt except PCN

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Mara Gordon, MD

@MaraGordonMD

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed Agree. This is a helpful introduction from @AFPJournal

Dental Problems in Primary Care

Oral health directly affects overall health and quality of life. More Americans lack dental insurance than medical insurance. Patients with poor oral health are more likely to have respiratory and...

www.aafp.org

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Grace Doran

@MaryDoran19

5 years

@DrKimSue @ACLakeMD @harvardmed As a primary health care nurse practitioner who works in corrections - I totally concur. These (in my job) are young men with very poor oral health; they cannot remember when they last had good dental care. Sometimes being in custody provides them this basic right!

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Alex Harding

@AlexHarding7

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed It’s crazy how little we learn in Med school about oral health!

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Ranit Mishori MD MHS

@ranitmd

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed You are right. We do a terrible job at that. Here’s a good resource:

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Julie Marie Anderson

@lynnfjordtv

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed We have a DDS who specializes in remote medicine presenting an EM lab with 1:4 ratios at our upcoming Symposium. I can’t believe it doesn’t have a waitlist yet- so valuable!

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Maria Applewhite

@MariaApplew

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed “Show me your teeth, and I will tell you who you are.” Mary Otto (2017): Teeth, the Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

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Terri Lewis, PhD #GratefulToBeVaccinated in TN-6

@tal7291

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed Real problems of rehabilitation: lack of dental care access, tooth problems, make it hard to stay in a job. It's real. And shameful.

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Brian Rahmer

@brianrahmer

5 years

@DrKimSue Thread

Brian Rahmer

@brianrahmer

6 years

“Of the countless ways in which poverty eats at the body, one of the most visible & painful, is in our mouths. Teeth betray age, but also wealth, if they’re pearly & straight, or the emptiness of our pockets, if they’re missing, broken, rotted out.” #SDoH

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Cheryl Ryan

@AlianaHermes66

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed I don't know about using drugs and dental but I do know that since my pain meds were cut basic things like regular tooth brushing has declined. It's hard to stand at the sink when your neck shoulders and feet hurt.

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Terri L Maxwell PhD, RN

@tmaxwell_l

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed Not to mention the worse pain ever when you have an abscess.

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@AndrewJensen2

5 years

@DrKimSue @harvardmed I think there's some European countries where dentistry is actually a branch of medicine, so that all doctors learn some dentistry, and dentists are doctors who specialize in teeth and mouths, rather than a separate profession.

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