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This session is part of NAHEWD's national webinar series Bridging HIV and OUD: Innovations in the Field. The series will highlight various innovative models and approaches to treating opioid use disorder and/or stimulant use disorder in people at risk for and living with HIV. This presentation will focus on how co-occurring substance use disorders and HIV affect oral health, with a particular focus on how these issues are addressed at a Healthcare for the Homeless Program in Boston.

Objectives

  • Review the current trends in substance use disorders and HIV infection rates nationally and in the Boston area.
  • Recognize the oral presentations and dental implications of opioid, cannabis, methamphetamine, and cocaine use.
  • Review oral health trends among patients living with HIV.
  • Mitigate the oral health risks of medication-assisted treatment.
  •  Identify opportunities for interprofessional collaboration to support and promote the oral health of vulnerable patients.

Speakers

Tara Prasad, DMD, MPH
Dental Director
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Samantha Rawlins-Pilgrim, MD, MSc
Internal Medicine, Director of Population Health
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

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