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Lea E. Erickson, DDS, MSPH

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Languages Spoken: English

Specialties

  • Geriatric Dentistry
  • Dentistry

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Dentistry - Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification American Board of Special Care Dentistry
American Board of Special Care Dentistry

Academic Locations

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Dentistry - Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification American Board of Special Care Dentistry
American Board of Special Care Dentistry

Education History

Graduate Training University of Utah
Public Health
M.S.P.H., 1992
Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
Geriatrics
Fellow, 1991
Residency Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
General Practice
Resident, 1979
Professional Dental University of Maryland
Dental Education
D.D.S., 1978
Undergraduate Idaho State University
Dental Hygiene
B.S., 1973
Undergraduate Idaho State University
Dental Hygiene
A.S., 1969

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Kamimura A, Booth C, Johansen M, Uriel Morales Ashby J, Erickson L (2017). Home Dental Care Education for Uninsured Free Clinic Patients in the United States. Divers Equal Health Care, 14(6), 296-301.
  2. Kamimura A, Gull B, Weaver S, Wright L, Ashby J, Erickson LE (2017). Association Between Health-Related Beliefs and Oral Health Behaviors Among Uninsured Primary Care Patients. J Prim Care Community Health, 8(3), 115-121.
  3. Kamimura A, Gull B, Weaver S, Wright L, Edwards A, Nourian K, Ashby J, Erickson LE (2017). Factors associated with oral health-related quality of life among safety-net clinic patients. J Public Health Dent, 77(2), 155-162.
  4. Erickson LE (Fall 2016). The Mouth-Body Connection. Generations, 40(3), 25-31.
  5. Erickson L (2000). The senior-friendly office. Gen Dent, 48(S), 562.
  6. Blindauer KM, Erickson L, Mcelwee N, Sorenson G, Gren LH, Lyon JL (1993). Age and smoking-adjusted lung cancer incidence in a Utah county with a steel mill. Arch Environ Health, 48(3), 184-90.

Review

  1. Erickson L (1997). Oral health promotion and prevention for older adults. [Review]. Dent Clin North Am, 41(4), 727-50.
  2. Erickson L (Winter 1997). Oral health promotion and prevention for older adults. [Review]. Dent Clin North Am, 41(4), 727-50.

Book Chapter

  1. Erickson LE, Trump BG (In Press). Oral Effects of Xerostomia. In Xerostomia: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Practitioners.

Other

  1. Kerschbaum W, Erickson L (1999). The elderly are rich in diversity, poor in oral care. Interview by Cathleen Terhune Alty, RDH. RDH (19(1), pp. 20-4, 63).

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Erickson LE, Jones K (10-1-2015). Eating Disorders Can Hurt Your Teeth [Web]. Salt Lake City: University of Utah. Available: https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope.
  2. Erickson LE, Jones K (September 2015). Dry Mouth is Common but That Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Talk to Your Dentist or Physician About it. Scope [Web]. Salt Lake City: University of Utah. Available: https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/.

News Articles

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The Scope & Other Podcasts

  • Eating Disorders Can Hurt Your Teeth
  • Dry Mouth is Common but That Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Talk to Your Dentist or Physician About it

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