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Oral-Systemic Foundations
Oral-Systemic Foundations introduces a practical way to recognize the mouth as part of whole-person health. Across four presentations, Kathleen Carson, DDS and Ellie Campbell, DO cover chronic low-grade inflammation, structured oral-systemic screening, and how to match clinical claims to the strength of the evidence. The course is designed to help clinicians recognize, prioritize, and communicate oral findings more clearly across medicine and dentistry.
CE/CME Hours3.5
Price$179
Release DateSeptember 10, 2026
Access1 year from the date of purchase
Course Overview
What this course covers
Oral-Systemic Foundations introduces a practical way to recognize the mouth as part of whole-person health. Across four presentations, Kathleen Carson, DDS and Ellie Campbell, DO cover chronic low-grade inflammation, structured oral-systemic screening, and how to match clinical claims to the strength of the evidence. The course is designed to help clinicians recognize, prioritize, and communicate oral findings more clearly across medicine and dentistry.
Curriculum
Presentations Included
The Hidden Fire: Why Standard Testing Misses Chronic, Low-Grade Inflammation
How chronic inflammation differs from an acute inflammatory response, why routine testing can miss low-grade inflammatory burden, and how localized oral inflammation fits into the larger systemic picture.
A Multi-Domain Framework for Oral-Systemic Risk Screening
A consistent seven-domain clinical framework for assembling oral findings into a more useful whole and identifying the findings that deserve the greatest attention.
Epistemic Humility and Putting It Into Practice
How to grade a clinical claim, recognize the limits of available evidence, distinguish absence of evidence from evidence of absence, and communicate without either exaggerating or dismissing the science.
Learning Outcomes
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain why the mouth is an accessible, modifiable, and frequently revisited source of information about systemic health.
- Differentiate healthspan from lifespan and describe the preventive opportunity created by repeated oral examination.
- Describe what a longevity-oriented dental examination evaluates beyond caries and periodontal disease.
- Distinguish chronic, low-grade inflammation from acute inflammation.
- Explain why a normal-appearing examination or routine laboratory panel may fail to identify localized inflammatory burden.
- Describe periodontal inflammatory burden using clinically meaningful measures such as extent, severity, bleeding sites, and treatment status.
- Identify the seven oral domains used in a structured oral-systemic assessment.
- Apply a multi-domain interpretation of oral findings rather than interpreting each finding in isolation.
- Classify clinical claims as settled science, strong association, or early signal and communicate them at the appropriate level of confidence.
- Prioritize findings for an individual patient using clinical triage rather than attempting to address every finding simultaneously.
Audience
Who This Course Is For
Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and other allied health professionals interested in oral-systemic and whole-person health.
At a Glance
Course Format
CE/CME Hours3.5
Price$179
DeliveryOnline, self-directed, on-demand enduring material
PrerequisitesNone
Course release dateSeptember 10, 2026
Course access/expiration1 year from the date of purchase
Clinical Leadership
Faculty
Kathleen Carson, DDS
Airway-centric and oral-systemic dentist and founder of Oral-Vitality.
Ellie Campbell, DO
Family and integrative medicine physician, board certified in Family Medicine for more than 30 years.
Transparency
Faculty Disclosures
Kathleen Carson, DDS
Kathleen Carson, DDS is the founder and owner of Oral-Vitality, LLC, which develops and sells educational programs, books, and oral-health products. She has a financial interest in Oral-Vitality, LLC and may benefit financially from the sale of its educational offerings, books, and products. She reports no other relevant financial relationships related to the content of this activity.
Ellie Campbell, DO
Ellie Campbell, DO is compensated by Oral-Vitality, LLC for her participation in the development and presentation of this CE/CME activity. She reports no other relevant financial relationships related to the content of this activity.
Credit Requirements
How Credit Is Earned
To receive continuing education credit, the learner must:
Complete the full educational activity.
Pass the post-test with a score of 70% or higher.
Complete the course evaluation.
The appropriate dental CE or medical CME certificate is issued by email after all requirements are completed.
Continuing Education
Dental CE & Medical CME
Dental Continuing Education
Dental CE information and accreditation details for this activity.
Program provider: Oral-Vitality, LLC
Joint program provider: CE Approved
CE credit: 3.5 hours
Teaching method: Self-instruction / self-directed, on-demand
Location: Online
AGD subject code: 149 – Multi-disciplinary Topics
Course release date: September 10, 2026
Course access/expiration: 1 year from the date of purchase
Commercial support: None
No purchase of any product or service is required to take this course or earn continuing education credit.
AGD code 149 is provisional and may be updated after CE Approved confirms the final code.
Medical Continuing Education
Medical CME information for clinicians completing the enduring material.
Affiliate Institution: Oral-Vitality, LLC, an Affiliate Institution of Westbrook University
Credit type: Continuing Medical Education (CME)
CME hours: 3.5
Delivery: Enduring material; self-directed, on-demand narrated video education
To receive CME credit, the learner must complete the educational activity, achieve a minimum score of 70% on the post-test, and complete the course evaluation.
It is the responsibility of the student to check with the licensing agency of your state, country or province on CEU/CME requirements.
It is the student's responsibility to be in compliance with his/her governing bodies.
Policy
Refund and Cancellation Policy
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