In this episode, Kecia interviews Dr. Kelly Vitzthum about her lecture titled, Special Care Dentistry for Individuals with Disabilities: Changes in Education, Policy & Care Delivery.
Dr. Vitzthum is a dentist, dental public health advocate, and expert. She graduated from UCLA School of Dentistry and completed her residency program at the Special Patient Care Dentistry under Dr. Sung. Currently, she is working on establishing a patient advisory committee with caregivers and patient self-advocates to improve dental care at UCLA. Dr. Vitzthum also hopes to create desensitization videos for the special health care needs populations to use in the Special Patient Care clinics.