Bradley Bale, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor WSU College of Medicine, Assistant Professor University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech Health Science Center, and runs a private practice in Gallatin, TN. Dr. Bradley Bale is one of the nation’s leading specialists in preventing heart attacks, stroke and diabetes. Since 2001, he’s given numerous presentations to medical and dental groups in the US and abroad.
Convinced that standard of care wasn’t doing enough to identify early stages of CVD and avert recurrences in heart attack and stroke survivors, he cofounded the BaleDoneen Method with Amy Doneen in 2001. This personalized approach of CV risk assessment and management evolved to an effectiveness level sufficient to allow them to attach a ‘guarantee’ to their clinical practices.
Their research on CVD prevention has been published in such respected medical journals as Atherosclerosis, Post Graduate Medicine, Journal of the National Medical Association, Journal of Clinical Lipidology, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Physician’s Weekly, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Archives of Medical Science, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and ADVANCE for Healthy Aging. Dr. Bale is on the editorial board for the medical journal: Healthcare in Low-resource Settings. Dr. Bale has also served as a reviewer for American Journal of Cardiology and the CDC’s Preventing Chronic Disease. Co-author Bale BF, Doneen AL (2014) Beat the Heart Attack Gene. Wiley General Trade, New York, NY.

Evidence will be provided demonstrating the BaleDoneen Method halts, stabilizes and regresses arterial disease. This course will elucidate essential elements for establishing and maintaining cardiovascular wellness. The dental profession is positioned to play a profound role in this regard. Oral health staff and providers will learn concurrent health issues and physical traits their patients may have which heighten CV risk. Attendees will be informed about the wisdom of utilizing technology to detect asymptomatic CV disease (CVD). This course will provide education regarding inflammation as the cause of CVD. A special focus will be directed toward oral health as a cause of arterial disease and potential trigger of CV events. The Bale/Doneen Method bridges the gap between medicine and dentistry to promote arterial wellness. Students of this course will be in position to enhance their own CV health as well as their patients.

Objectives:
1.Recognize health issues identifiable in a dental practice that are associated with increased CV risk.
2.Analyze the difference in determining CV event risk based on risk factors versus presence of atherosclerosis.
3.Comprehend inflammation as causal of arterial disease.
4.Appraise oral health as a potential driver of arterial inflammation.
5.Synthesize the above components into a method focused on assessing CV risk.