Women in Dentistry: Strong Mind Initiative
Saturday, April 5
3:45 - 5:15 PM
1.5 CDE Credits – DDS, DH, DA, AUX
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Society has made progress in equality, but women still experience gaps in income, power and representation. There is also a more fundamental crisis: the gap in knowledge about their health. The Strong Mind Initiative will study the history of “bikini medicine,” then explore aspects needed to comprehend how the female brain operates and any trials, hazards, risks and opportunities for optimization it poses. This session will look at critical diagnostic tools to maximize healthy brains and identify areas to prevent disease in women through diet, exercise, sleep, supplements, stress and balance. There are nearly one million women within the field of dentistry, and this course will not only help attendees personally, but also as practitioners, to better serve the millions of women in our practices.
Course Objectives:
1. Apply knowledge to make choices that protect brains, bodies and precious vitality.
2. Understand when and why the female brain risks damage as we age.
3. Discuss the current hypothesis of bacteria, yeast and the herpes virus that results in a cascade of events that can lead to Alzheimer’s Disease in both women and men.
Sponsored by:
PRESENTER:
Anne Rice, RDH, B.S., FAAOSH, CERTBBM
Anne Rice, BDH, B.S., FAAOSH, CDP, CERTBBM, is a clinical dental hygienist, speaker, writer and consultant. She is the Bale/Doneen preceptor, a certified dementia practitioner and longevity specialist with the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation. She is a Fellow with AAOSH, is certified in the Buteyko breathing method, published her manuscript Alzheimer’s Disease and Oral-Systemic Health for Frontiers and has a column in RDH magazine.
Rice is a 2024 Sunstar Award of Distinction recipient and is on a women’s panel for Cloud Dentistry. She has consulted for Weill Cornell, FAU Center for Brain Health and the Atria Institute.
Conflict of Interest: Crest + Oral B, BioGaia
