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NEAETC HIV & Oral Health Webinar Series

Oral Health Concerns with Sexually Transmitted Infections
Fariba Younai, DDS Professor and Chair
Division of Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences
UCLA Oral Health Director, Pacific AETC
Hosted on NEAETC's Platform

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) often manifest orally, and with proper screening and diagnosis these infections can be treated and not advance further. In this talk, Dr. Fariba Younai, DDS, will review the transmission and oral presentation of common STIs and highlight concerns for people with HIV. In addition, she will review oral health and hygiene practices that can help in preventing the transmission of STIs and the role oral health professionals can play in assisting patients with STI education and prevention methods. Of particular concern is the increase in congenital syphilis and the need for early identification of the disease in the oral tissues of pregnant women and their referral for medical treatment.

• Describe the oral presentations of common sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
• Outline the process of STI transmission through oral tissues
• Explain the impact of STIs on the risk of oral HIV transmission
• Define the role of oral health & hygiene in preventing oral transmission of HIV & other STIs

Continuing Education

OSAP is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

OSAP designates this activity for 1 continuing education credit.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org.

This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint efforts between the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP)  and New England AIDS Education and Training Center (NEAETC).

Learn more about OSAP’s CE Program & Provider Recognition.