{"id":399,"date":"2019-11-04T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T16:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/oral-health\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:36:23","slug":"adult-oral-health-and-chronic-disease-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/oral-health\/adult-oral-health-and-chronic-disease-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Oral Health and Chronic Disease Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-399\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-399-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-399-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-399-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/adult-oral-health-chronic-disease.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-923  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/adult-oral-health-chronic-disease.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/adult-oral-health-chronic-disease-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/adult-oral-health-chronic-disease-1024x351.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/adult-oral-health-chronic-disease-768x263.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/adult-oral-health-chronic-disease-1536x527.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-399-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-399-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-399-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Research continues to support the fact that good oral health is an essential element of healthy aging. Oral health is vital to the management and prevention of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and respiratory illness as well as to overall wellness.<\/p>\n<p>You aren\u2019t really healthy without good oral health!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom:5px;\">Learn more:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/oral-health\/adult-oral-health-and-chronic-disease-program\/adult-oral-health-and-chronic-disease-program-overview-and-training\/\">Program Overview and Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/oral-health\/resources\/#adult\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-399-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-399-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-scaled.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-924  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/diabetes-oralhealth-onepager-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research continues to support the fact that good oral health is an essential element of healthy aging. 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