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As a proponent of global health, Dr. Ramos-Gomez has supported the UC California-Mexico Health Initiative,
established in 1999 to further the advancement of the UC bi-national health activities, and chaired the Oral Health
Task Force, which fosters collaboration between UC and Mexican scientists in the areas of dental, pediatrics and
oral health policy. Early in his career, Dr. Ramos-Gomez received the Kellogg Fellowship for International
Development and testified at the U.S. Congressional Legislative Hearing on Hispanics. He has received numerous
prestigious awards over the years such as the National Dental Association NDA Foundation/Colgate-Palmolive
Faculty Recognition Award for Research, And the International Association of Pediatric Dentistry IAPD award for
Best Global Innovation Preventive Program in Glasgow.
Dr. Roger Lucas has written a great book that you're going to love! More Chocolate, No
Cavities: How Diet Can Keep Your Kid Cavity Free outlines strategies that will make simple
cavity-prevention practices easier for you and your child and avoid “surprise” cavities that
have previously been blamed on genetics or weak enamel. As you will learn, starting the
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diet-based approach to cavity prevention, and loves to see these practices improving
dental health in children everywhere. He's helping change how everyone thinks about
cavities for the better!