Judith Haber, Erin Hartnett, Kenneth Allen, Donna Hallas, Caroline Dorsen, Julia Lange-Kessler, Madeleine Lloyd, Edwidge Thomas, Dorothy Wholihan
Improving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences. We detail an educational and clinical innovation transitioning the traditional head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat (HEENT) examination to the addition of the teeth, gums, mucosa, tongue, and palate examination (HEENOT) for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of oral-systemic health. Many New York University nursing, dental, and medical faculty and students have been exposed to interprofessional oral health HEENOT classroom, simulation, and clinical experiences...
March 2015: American Journal of Public Health