Victoria Sampson

Dr Victoria Sampson is a functional dentist and researcher based in central London. She obtained her Bachelor in Dental Surgery from Barts and the London and is now known for her work in developing salivary diagnostics and microbiome testing. Her work has been acknowledged worldwide resulting in her becoming a scientific advisor, board member and clinical lead of multiple dental companies globally as well as a topical team member of the European Space Agency and NASA. Victoria has published numerous papers and was the first dentist to link gum disease with worse COVID complications.

Victoria is also the first dentist to shortlist for Forbes 30 under 30 in Healthcare and Science in Europe and has launched her own oral microbiome test, ORALIS 1, which assesses the saliva for bacteria, inflammatory markers, and genetic mutations. Her aim is to help predict and treat patients at risk of oral diseases, as well as help patients achieve full body health through the mouth first. She has also cofounded a multidisciplinary health centre in London aimed at putting the mouth back in the body and connecting the oral microbiome with general health.

N E X T

THE FUTURE OF PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSTICS IN DENTISTRY

LECTURE

During this lecture we will discuss what the oral microbiome is and how an imbalanced oral microbiome can cause local effects such as perio and decay as well as systemic downstream effects such as low grade chronic inflammation and bacterial superinfection. I can cover the most recent research into the mouth body connections like heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and infertility and how these mechanisms work. I can then discuss how we as clinicians can test the oral microbiome and how we can integrate the use of things like supplementation and probiotics to improve our patients' outcomes.

OBJECTIVES: At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

To understand the generational shift towards the need for quantitative diagnostics and prevention
To understand how we can diagnose and track disease with quantitative diagnostics such as saliva testing.
To learn about treatments that are available to prevent disease proactively