Afrow named chief of Dental Service Jay Robert Afrow, DMD, has been named chief of the Dental Service at MIT Medical. For the past 12 years, Dr. Afrow has combined his interest in complex dental problems with a variety of management positions, both in Boston and throughout New England. Being part of the MIT Medical team is also a real plus. Pediatrics, cardiology, obstetrics and other specialties all have special ways in which they relate to dental health. I believe that dental health is connected to all other aspects of medicine, and that patients benefit when both they and their clinicians are knowledgeable about these connections.
Patient education is the primary issue in dental health.