Margarita Rivera, EdD, RDH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Farmingdale State College in New York. She is an Open SUNY fellow, and a delegate for the Long Island Dental Hygienists’ Association. Rivera can be reached at margarita.rivera@farmingdale.edu.
Through preventive efforts and early diagnosis and treatment, dental teams can play a vital role in managing oral and systemic diseases — including many forms of cancer.
A discussion of using gingival crevicular fluid as a biomarker for assessing the risk and stages of periodontal disease, as well as other oral and systemic conditions.