VWA | Sjögren’s Disease: The Second Most Common Autoimmune Disease
The Victoria Women's Association Presents: Sjögren’s Disease: The Second Most Common Autoimmune Disease (That You Likely Never Heard Of)
Where: Alumni Hall
About this Event: Sjögren’s Disease has an almost unpronounceable name unless you are of Swedish origin. It affects approximately one per cent of the population with an estimate of over 430,000 Canadians, 90 per cent of whom are post-menopausal women. Dry eyes, dry mouth, joint pain, and excessive fatigue are its hallmark symptoms; yet it is a serious, unrecognized, misdiagnosed systemic disease.
About the Speaker: Dr. Leslie P. Laing, B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Microbiology and Immunology), D.D.S., M.Sc. (Prosthodontics), FRCD(C), FAP, a prosthodontist/immunologist and a clinical associate in the Department of Prosthodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, conducts clinical research in her specialty fields of prosthodontics and immunology. She also holds a Prosthodontist and Dry Mouth Specialist position at Toronto Public Health Dental and Oral Care Clinics, where, in the past four years, she has delivered over 570 dentures to low-income seniors. As an immunologist, her primary focus is the oral treatment of patients with dry mouth associated with Sjögren’s or other autoimmune diseases. She has received several awards and is the current president of the Sjögren’s Society of Canada.
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