Fri., Nov. 6, 2026
TBD – AM (Lecture)
Ballroom
Speaker: Uche Odiatu, BA, DMD

This course is supported, in part, by an educational grant from CareCredit.

Recommended for: Everyone

Want to learn about “permanent lifestyle change” and QUENCH your patients’ flames & their disease risk? There is an avalanche of evidence demonstrating the connection between your patients’ mouths with their modern lifestyle habits: lack of sleep (saps their discipline), shift work (after 4 night-shifts blood sugar is elevated), poorly managed stress (shows up in every cell of their body), overeating (high fat & processed food boosts inflammation), and sedentary living (did you know “Sitting is the New Smoking?”). And it’s bi-directional; the oral environment has far reaching effects on the rest of the body.

Patients appreciate the dental health professional who sees the bigger picture in the body, mind & mouth and see its interconnectedness. Stop the fiery cascade with specific dental & lifestyle solutions guaranteed to change your patient’s health destiny. This fact filled & inspirational program is a ‘call to arms’ against “hot spots” of inflammation – “let’s douse the flames!”

Learning Objectives:

• Make the connection between diabetes, insulin resistance, & inflammation.
• Learn how sneaky sleep disruption sabotages our patients’ health goals. Hint, 30% of Americans are shift workers and are living in a “jet lag” state.
• Spot how stress shows up in your patient’s mouth.
• Identify 7 KEY foods & lifestyle habits that contribute to inflammation and the science behind the connection.
• Gain an understanding of the science of the Human Microbiome & how one can optimize their own.
• Discover essential nutrition for the dental professional: is fiber the secret sauce? What’s the difference between a prebiotic, probiotic or postbiotic?
• Learn which exercises best fight inflammation in your body.
• Receive the latest information on Red Light, NIR, IR, PEMF Mats and more.
• Put into practice some simple solutions to modify your patient’s behavior.
• Implement a new dimension to your treatment planning & develop an “Anti-inflammatory Playbook.”

Uche Odiatu, BA, DMD is a professional member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a practicing dentist in Toronto. This busy health care professional & dad of four, a NSCA Certified Personal Trainer for 21 years, Certified Yoga Instructor, Certified Boot Camp Instructor and has given 700 plus lectures in England, Canada, the USA, the Bahamas, Denmark, Bermuda and Norway. Has been the invited guest in over 400 radio and TV shows from Alaska to Atlanta and from NYC to California. He won a 2023 Lifetime Achievement award from The Global Dental Summit; 2023 Dental speaker of the year from Louisiana and a Denobi Award 2023 for his contribution to the industry. He was nominated for dental educator of the year by Dr. Bicuspid. You can visit him on Twitter and Instagram @fitspeakers or www.DrUche.com.

The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, Office of Alumni Relations and Professional Engagement designates this activity for 3 continuing education credits.