Oral Health and Medicine: Separate Not Equal

By: Naomi Fukuda

Vlog #5: Dental and Medical Students on the Dental-Medical Divide and Integration

This vlog features a diverse group of dental and medical students with a wide range of experiences. They are asked about their thoughts on the dental-medical divide and their perspectives regarding integration of dental and medical schools. Better communication and understanding between fields is critical when it comes to treating patients.

A couple of the dental & medical students refer to some schools that have already taken steps to integrate oral health education and medicine. To read more about Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s Initiative to integrate oral health and medicine, visit this page.