Talk Synopsis:

Research has shown that some chronic inflammation-driven disorders, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer disease may start in the mouth. Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease that progressively affects the tissues supporting the teeth. We are going to explore how oral bacteria and locally activated lymphocytes may disseminate to tissues outside of the mouth and cause inflammatory and functional complications.

Are we asking sufficient questions about the oral health of our patients, and if so, are we acting on the answers they are providing?
When we are looking for the root cause of chronic disease, this may be a trigger that we have missed.

In this presentation we are going to explore oral health and its impact on systemic disease. We will also discuss the tools we have available to assess the oral microbial population and the nutritional interventions we can use to address poor oral health.

Speaker Bio:

Registered Nutritional Therapist and Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner

Sue’s nutrition journey started when managing a safari camp in Botswana – although she didn’t know it then. She then moved to Windhoek, Namibia and opened a restaurant. She realised her passion was not in the kitchen but in the application of nutritional science to create health, so sold her business and relocated to the UK to study again.

She completed a BSc and MSC in Personalised Nutrition and then spent 5 years working in Clinical Education with the functional testing laboratories. She completed her Practitioner Certification with the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) in November 2019. Sue currently runs her own private practice, has consultancy contracts, and leads the nutrition team for the HealthMatters Group in central London.