Department of Pediatrics

Offering HPV vaccines at dental visits improved uptake among children

Written by Healio | April 18, 2025

Initially, Jessica L. Jack, a pediatrician and Denver Health and assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and colleagues partnered with dental clinics to offer multiple adolescent vaccines at dental visits, but she told Healio that they narrowed their scope to HPV vaccines because they are directly related to oral health.