Location
Rochester, Minnesota
Summary
Alan B. Carr, D.M.D., is interested in oral health-systemic health interactions. This embodies an understanding of how an individual Mayo Clinic patient's oral health-related findings may impact overall disease prevention and management.
Focus areas
Given that Mayo Clinic is the optimum environment to creatively seek tangible oral health ramifications for medical outcomes, Dr. Carr and his colleagues seek to identify the burden associated with oral infections and inflammatory conditions on:
- Various chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease
- Preterm low-weight births
- Surgical outcomes in general
Significance to patient care
Given the prevalence and costs associated with chronic disease management, any improvement in outcome(s) created by addressing oral disease prevention and early management in specific patient groups could be significant.
Recent Publications
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Professional Details
Primary Appointment
- Prosthodontics
Administrative Appointment
- Chair, Dental Specialties
Academic Rank
- Professor of Dentistry
Education
- BS - Biology University of Southern Mississippi
- DMD School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi
- Residency - General Practice - Certificate Barksdale A.F.B., USAF Hospital
- MS - Biomedical Sciences - Prosthodontics Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
- Residency - Prosthodontic Residency - Certificate Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic