Forging a cardio-dental alliance: strategies to work on to improve global health

Abstract Body: The world is being increasingly aware of the importance of gum health and its impact in cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, beyond gum health, there are several medical conditions that complicate dental management such as the use of anticoagulation, antiplatelet-therapy, cardiac devices and so forth. Despite the huge medical advances that we are experiencing everyday, something as basic as collaboration between the several health professionals that are involved in this clinical issue is still lacking, and this rises conflicts in the management of all these situations and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. During this lecture, Dr. Marco will share his insights as the responsible of the cardio-dental care in a tertiary hospital in Madrid with implemented strategies and programs to specifically address this kind of situations, and will review the several options to increase collaboration and overall cardiovascular disease prevention. Also, he will go through the rational of several cardiovascular treatments and conditions to help dental health professionals understand the risk stratification of cardiovascular patients and improve the decision-making process in these scenarios.