Lifestyle is the Medicine to Maintain Oral and Systemic Health

Presented by: John Kempton, DDS, FACD, MAAOSH

Original Publication Date: October 2, 2024

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Course Description:

Participants will learn how lifestyle behaviors have a known effect on the oral microbiome; therefore, these epigenetic factors can influence both periodontal disease and caries. Science has long connected lifestyle activities to being influential in human chronic disease, and recently, functional medicine practitioners are advocating for personalized or precision medicine to be in the best interest of patient care. Lifestyle medicine is a core component of personalized patient care.

Learning Objectives:

• Review basic lifestyle medicine terminology Understand the influence of personalized medicine in dentistry.
• Discover the science connecting lifestyle behavior and the health and stability of the oral microbiome.
• Link the concurrent impact of lifestyle behaviors on systemic health and oral health.
• Summarize the potential for lifestyle or wellness coaching as the new standard of care.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. John Kempton is a Loma Linda University School of Dentistry graduate. As well as completing postgraduate experiences with the Pankey Institute, Dawson Complete Dentistry, Case Western Advanced Restorative, Bale-Doneen Medical Preceptorship, and the Dawson Institute of Systemic Health, John has earned fellowships in the American College of Dentists and the Academy of Oral & Systemic Health.

During his 40 years of delivering chair-side dentistry, fifteen of those as an oral systemic practitioner, Dr. Kempton has been published, spoken, and consulted in the field of oral systemic health and lifestyle medicine. Most recently, he has authored a book and has become a certified lifestyle medicine coach, having personally coached nearly 100 individuals to enjoy healthier lives. He is dedicated to establishing lifestyle and functional medicine platforms for application in dentistry. Dr Kempton is from Paradise, CA, in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Relaxation and recharging time will find John at an oceanfront with his wife, chasing energetic grandkids wherever, on a nearby lake, cross-country on a motorcycle, or reading the next good book. Downtime also finds him on a local non-profit board or two, along with some community voluntarism.