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title: "Integrating Dentistry and Medicine: Where Do We Start?"
description: These speakers have been developing a practical model for implementation and collaboration that we are prepared to share with the AAOSH Community.
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# [Integrating Dentistry and Medicine: Where Do We Start?](https://www.aaosh.org/core-curriculum-ce/integrating-dentistry-and-medicine-where-do-we-start)

 Written by [Dewitt Wilkerson, DMD, and Lora Hooper, BSDH, RDH, EFDA](https://www.aaosh.org/core-curriculum-ce/author/dewitt-wilkerson-dmd-and-lora-hooper-bsdh-rdh-efda) | Nov 3, 2023 9:40:08 PM

Presented by:** **Dewitt Wilkerson, DMD, and Lora Hooper, BSDH, RDH, EFDA

Original Publication Date: 2001

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Course Description:

"Collaboration Cures" has been a central theme in learning how to connect *dentistry *with *whole body health *and with other healthcare practitioners. This may sound daunting at first exposure! DeWitt Wilkerson, Lora Hooper, Gina Pritchard, Patti DeMatties, and Tom Nabors have been developing a practical model for implementation and collaboration that we are prepared to share with the AAOSH Community.

 You do not want to miss the cutting-edge discussion of what is now possible with collaborative oral systemic health!

 Learning Objectives:

- Understand the importance of testing for a complete diagnosis.
- Learn about 4 specific tests for a collaborative diagnosis.
- Receive resources for *immediate implementation.*

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