Beyond Sugars: Addressing Shared Dietary Risks in Oral and Systemic Health
Speaker:
Dr. Teresa Marshall
May 9, 2026
Date:
Time:
8:30 AM-11:30 AM
3
CE Credits:
Beyond Sugars: Addressing Shared Dietary Risks in Oral and Systemic Health
Dr. Teresa Marshall
About the Course
Beyond sugars: Oral and systemic chronic diseases share common dietary risk factors. Furthermore, oral and systemic health are both compromised by diet-related mis/disinformation. This presentation will present an overview of diet-related disease and offer strategies that enable the office team to provide dietary counseling while promoting sound nutrition science.
Educational Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
Describe how noncompliance with dietary guidelines increases risk of both oral and systemic chronic diseases.
Critique sources of diet-related popular information considering the scientific validity as well as potential for harm.
Provide evidenced-based dietary recommendations to promote oral and systemic health while respecting patient autonomy.
Your Instructor
Dr. Teresa Marshall
Dr. Marshall is a Professor in the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry at the University of Iowa. She completed her bachelor’s degree in hospital dietetics at the University of Illinois and her dietetic internship and doctoral degree in human nutrition at the University of Iowa. She practiced pediatric nutrition in the Center for Developmental Disabilities prior to joining the College of Dentistry full time in 2000. Within the College, she designed and implemented both the nutrition and evidence-based practice curriculums. In addition to teaching the nutrition curriculum, she currently serves as the Director of the Student Research Program and is the Michael W. Finkelstein Centennial Professor of Teaching. Dr. Marshall’s primary research interests address the relationships among dietary behaviors including sugar sweetened beverage intakes, dental caries, and/or growth. She is also engaged in exploratory research to understand environmental and cultural factors impact caries risk via dietary behaviors. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Society for Nutrition, the International Association for Dental Research, and the American Academy of Cariology.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
None reported
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