Position Papers / Resources

The Santa Fe Group’s Position Papers and Resources highlight cutting-edge research, case reports, and policy insights that advance the integration of oral health into overall healthcare. By focusing on oral health equity, medical-dental collaboration, interprofessional education, and systemic disease prevention, these resources showcase how shared knowledge can drive meaningful healthcare reform. Here you will find evidence-based frameworks, transdisciplinary research, and educational tools designed to improve patient outcomes, access to care, and health equity across diverse populations.

Research and Case Reports

• Case Report: Dental Findings Can Aid in Early Diagnosis of APECED Syndrome
  • Laurie Brenchley, Elise M. N. Ferré, Monica M. Schmitt, Pamela J. Gardner , Michail S. Lionakis, and Niki M. Moutsopoulos
• Case Report: Rare Presentation of Dentin Abnormalities in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Type I
  • Priyam Jani, Olivier Duverger, Rashmi Mishra, Pamela A. Frischmeyer-Guerrerio and Janice S. Lee
• Hyperphosphatemic Familial Tumoral Calcinosis Hidden in Plain Sight for 73 Years: A Case Report
  • Alisa E. Lee, Iris R. Hartley, Kelly L. Roszko, Chaim Vanek, Rachel I. Gafni and Michael T. Collins
• Periodontitis Is Associated With Risk of Conventional Stent Restenosis: Pilot Case-Control Study
  • Raphael Osugue, Nidia C. Castro dos Santos , Cassia F. Araujo , Flavio X. de Almeida , Magda Feres and Mauro P. Santamaria
• The Advent of COVID-19; Periodontal Research Has Identified Therapeutic Targets for Severe Respiratory Disease; an Example of Parallel Biomedical Research Agendas
  • Elaine O. C. Cardoso, Noah Fine, Michael Glogauer, Francis Johnson , Michael Goldberg, Lorne M. Golub, and Howard C. Tenenbaum
• A Perspective: Integrating Dental and Medical Research Improves Overall Health
  • Martha J. Somerman, Wendy E. Mouradian, Janice Lee, and Joan Wilentz
• Diabetes and Oral Health: Summary of Current Scientific Evidence for Why Transdisciplinary Collaboration Is Needed
  • Wenche Sylling Borgnakke and Prakash Poudel

Transdisciplinary Research/Health Care Teams

• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Medical-Dental Integration at Closing Preventive and Disease Management Care Gaps
  • David Mosen, Matthew P. Banegas, John F. Dickerson,  Jeffrey L. Fellows, Daniel J. Pihlstrom, Hala M. Kershah, Jason L. Scott, and Erin M. Keast
• Alzheimer's Disease and Oral-Systemic Health: Bidirectional Care Integration Improving Outcomes
  • Anne O. Rice
• Multiple Idiopathic Cervical Root Resorption: A Challenge for a Transdisciplinary Medical-Dental Team
  • Emily Y. Chu, Janina Golob Deeb, Brian L. Foster, Evlambia Hajishengallis, Martha J. Somerman, and Vivek Thumbigere-Math

Dental Clinics as Primary Care Settings

• Longitudinal Observation of Outcomes and Patient Access to Integrated Care Following Point-of-Care Glycemic Screening in Community Health Center Dental Safety Net Clinics
  • Ingrid Glurich, Richard Berg, Aloksagar Panny, Neel Shimpi, Annie Steinmetz, Greg Nycz, and Amit Acharya
• Urban-Rural Disparities in Dental Services Utilization Among Adults in China's Megacities
  • Xiang Qi, Xiaomin Qu, and Bei Wu

Education

• Input From Practice: Reshaping Dental Education for Integrated Patient Care
  • R. Lamont (Monty) MacNeil and Helena Hilario
• Designing Oral Health Curriculum That Facilitates Greater Integration of Oral Health Into Overall Health
  • Keith A. Mays
• A Framework to Foster Oral Health Literacy and Oral/General Health Integration
  • Dushanka V Kleinman , Alice Horowitz and Kathryn Ann Atchison
• A Multi-Disciplinary Review on Aerobiology of COVID-19 in the Dental Setting
  • Darya Dabiri , Samuel Richard Conti, Niloufar Sadoughi Pour, Andrew Chong, Shaahin Dadjoo, Donya Dabiri, Carol Wiese, Joyce Badal, Margaret Raquel Hoogland, Heather Raquel Conti, Travis Roger Taylor, George Choueiri and Omid Amili

Resources for Webinar #1: Learning from Science: How Oral-Systemic Collaborations Can Advance Research, Policy, and Health Outcomes

• Dental Care and Coverage After Age 65: Experiences and Perspectives. Univerisity of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. March/April 2020
  • Preeti Malani, Jeffrey Kullgren, Erica Solway, Domenica Sweler, Dianne Singer, and Matthias Kirch
• Dental Care Midlife: Unmet Needs, Uncertain Future. University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. September 2017.
  • Preeti Malani, Sara Clark, Erica Solway, Dianne Singer, and Matthias Kirch
• Inflammatory Networks Linking Oral Microbiome With Systemic Health and Disease
  • Sarah E. Kleinstein, Karen E. Nelson, and Marcelo Freier
• Oxidative Stress Links Periodontal Inflammation and Renal Function
  • Praveen Sharma, Anthony Fenton, Irundika H. K. Dias, Brenda Heaton, Caroline L. R. Brown, Amneet Sidhu, Mutahir Rahman, Helen R. Griffiths, Paul Cockwell, Charles J. Ferro, Iain L. Chapple, Thomas Dietrich

Resources for Webinar #2: Learning from Clinicians and Their Patients: Why Oral Health Collaboration is Essential to Overall Health Outcomes

• A Pilot Study Into the Assocation Between Oral Health Status and Human Papillomavirus–16 Infection
  • Charles Xiaohang Sun, Niel Bennett, Peter Tran, Kai Dun Tang, Yenkai Lim, Ian Frazer, Lakshman Samaranayake, and Chamindie Punyadeera
• Assessing Dental Students' HPV Health Literacy and Intention to Engage in HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Prevention
  • Essie Torres, Alice Richman, Wanda Wright, and Qiang Wu
• Blood Cancers and Oral Health
  • Silvia Spivakovsky, Gwen Nichols, Laura Romundstad, and Elizabeth Kitlas
• Clinical Consensus on Medically Necessary Dental Care
  • Larry Coffee
• Community Statement on Medicare Coverage for Medically Necessary Oral and Dental Health Therapies
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• Creating Opportunities for HPV Awareness and Prevention in Dental Health Care Settings
  • Charlotte Cortis and Abigail Cortis
• Dental Management of the Head and Neck Cancer Patient Treated With Radiation Therapy
  • Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch and Samuel Zwetchkenbaum
• Dentistry's Supporting Role for Cancer Patients
  • Christopher J. Smiley
• Importance of Oral Health and Dental Treatment in Organ Transplant Recipients
  • Eun-Jung Kwak, Dong-jin Kim, Yiseul Choi, Dong Jin Joo, and Wonse Park
• Integrating Oral Health Throughout Cancer Care
  • Erin Hartneet
• Integrating Vaccination With Oral Health Care
  • Christopher J. Smiley
• On Medicare and Need Dental Work? Beware a Big Bill.
  • Mark Miller
• Oral Complications in Cancer Patients: A Review of Practical Interventions in the Dental Setting
  • Caroline Bissonnette, Kristin McNamara, and John R. Kalmar
• Parent Perceptions of Dental Care Providers' Role in Human Papillomavirus Prevention and Vaccine Advocacy
  • Cynthia Stull, Rebecca Freese, and Elise Sarvas
• The Role of the Dental Community in Oropharyngeal Cancer Prevention Through HPV Vaccine Advocacy
  • Thomas Luke Arnell, Collin York, Alexis Nadeau, Maeve Lauren Donnelly, Laura Till, Pendram Zargari, Wendy Davis, Christine Finley, Thomas Delaney, and Jan Carney
• USA Dental Health Providers' Role in HPV Vaccine Communication and HPV-OPC Protection: A Systematic Review
  • Kimberly K. Walker, Richard D. Jackson, Silvia Sommariva, Malinee Neelamegam, and Jill Desch