Continuing Education: "The Toxic Bond" Dry Mouth & COVID-19
Objectives:
- Identify the major benefits Saliva has to your oral and systemic health
- Identify Acinar cells and the two major types
- Identify ACE2 enzymes and their correlation to COVID-19 virus
- Understand how ACE2 enzymes assist in the Renin angiotensin -aldosterone system (RAAS)
- Identify how the COVID-19 virus attaches to ACE2 enzymes in the epithelial linings of the body and oral cavity
- Identify how Saliva may be the first point of contact for the COVID-19 virus to enter the body
- Understand the olfactory and gustatory organs and their specific functions
- Understand why the sense of taste and smell are altered when COVID-19 attaches to ACE2 enzymes
- Identify what a Tastant is and how taste is altered when COVID-19 attaches to ACE2 enzymes
- Identify how COVID-19 affects some of the major vital organs via tissue migration
- Learn healthy tips and exercises to prevent systemic inflammation from the Covid 19 virus and reduce symptoms