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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Connecting Heart and Oral Health: Blood Pressure Screenings and Referrals in the Dental Setting</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/oral-health/about-healthy-smiles-healthy-hearts" id="OWA5fdfd725-c502-6147-9002-c88551532a28" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>American
Heart Association’s Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts™ initiative</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Starts: May 21, 2026 7:00 PM EDT</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ends: May 21, 2026 8:00 PM EDT</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; background-color: yellow;"><b>CHECK TIME ZONE</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://learning.carequest.org/#/instructor-led-courses/06618a0a-a158-452d-975c-e3eb7d9ec180" id="OWA70c498de-901f-194e-4d58-1b2ff2e64deb" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><b><u>REGISTER
FOR THE WEBINAR</u></b></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Each year, approximately 29 million people are seen for a dental visit but not a medical visit, making dental visits a valuable opportunity to screen for health risks such as high blood pressure. As trusted points of contact,
oral health teams are uniquely positioned to support early detection, provide patient education, and facilitate critical coordinated care.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Join CareQuest Institute and the American Heart Association for a webinar that will explore the connection between heart health and oral health, with a focus on the importance of high blood pressure screening. Expert speakers
will review why screenings, referrals, and patient education matter in oral health settings — and how these actions can help reduce the risk of unmanaged conditions that can lead to medical emergencies. They’ll also highlight practical decision‑making frameworks,
share real-world implementation models, and showcase tools and resources — including the American Heart Association’s Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts™ initiative in collaboration with Delta Dental — to support adoption in everyday practice.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Learning Objectives</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" role="presentation">Describe the relationship between blood pressure, cardiovascular health, and oral health, including the association with periodontal disease.</span></li><li class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;" role="presentation">Explain how high blood pressure awareness, screening, and appropriate referrals in oral health settings can support cardiovascular health and reduce the risk of medical emergencies.</span></li><li class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;" role="presentation">Identify practical decision-making frameworks and resources — including the
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/oral-health/about-healthy-smiles-healthy-hearts" id="OWA7026b1c0-770a-c430-6e78-16390f13c5d0" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u>American
Heart Association’s Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts™ initiative</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" role="presentation"> — that support high blood pressure screening and referral in dental practice settings. </span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Moderator & Presenter </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.hsdm.harvard.edu/people/lisa-simon" id="OWA6fd66b0e-62cc-4f41-01ee-7a7896c3c00a" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Lisa
Simon, MD, DMD</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, Assistant Professor, Director of the
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.hsdm.harvard.edu/initiative-integrate-oral-health-and-medicine" id="OWAbd1d9879-1754-f076-a7e8-26e6caa3b41e" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Initiative
to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">,
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.hsdm.harvard.edu/" id="OWA58251314-fb32-765b-9c1e-dcc742cc37ca" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Harvard
School of Dental Medicine</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, Harvard Medical School </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Presenters</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://thesmilist.com/dentists-orthodontists/eoin-halpin-dentist/" id="OWA7ff5bdc5-ac9f-9862-6b7c-3215351abca2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Eoin
M. Halpin, DMD, MBA</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, Assistant Professor, Community Health at Rutgers University, Member, Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts Writing Group</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/justin-zachariah-33540" id="OWA438394ee-1121-ed11-71f6-19a9f5383867" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Justin
Zachariah, MD, MPH</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Member, Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts Science Advisory Group</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>CONTACT</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://carequest.org/" id="OWAd9469717-3196-34e4-0b7a-1a703d64fa87" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>CareQuest Institute
for Oral Health</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://carequest.org/contact-us/" id="OWA720847fe-75f2-e393-a16e-85416e171445" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Contact
Us Web Form</u></a></span></p>
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