Featured Courses
The Mind and Mouth Connection
1. Mental Health Among Dental Health Professionals
An evidence-based exploration of how mental health challenges affect dental professionals, patient care, and team dynamics. This program provides practical strategies to recognize distress, reduce stigma, and support psychological well-being within the dental setting.
2. Mental Health Among Dental Patients
An engaging, accessible presentation on how mental health influences oral health, dental experiences, and overall well-being. Participants will gain practical insights to better understand their own health and communicate more effectively with dental providers.
Interested in both Professionals AND Patients covered in a single seminar? No problem! Let’s discuss your needs.
Cultural Humility, Mental Health, and Access to Care
Serving Underserved and Marginalized Populations
An exploration of how culture, mental health, and social determinants influence oral health behaviors and access to care.
About Sherri
Sherri’s presentation style combines academic rigor with heartfelt storytelling, making difficult topics accessible, relevant, and deeply human.
- Nationally recognized authority at the intersection of mental health and dentistry
- Decades of academic, clinical, and public-health experience
- Trusted voice on suicide awareness and psychological safety
- Evidence-based content grounded in real-world application
- Presentations that are thoughtful, impactful, and actionable
Perfect for: Keynotes • Continuing Education • Workshops • Custom Programs • Team Training • Lectures
…a rare and deeply informed perspective
We often hear about the tragedies associated with undiagnosed mental health disorders. Sherri’s presentation brings it home with real-life examples of suicide and its aftermath, affecting many people. Her presentation style makes it real with her passion in telling true stories. She is a must-see for those of us who think it can’t happen to the people I care about or me.
Bruce L. Cassis, DDS, MAGD
Former President, Academy of General Dentistry
What Are We REALLY Looking For? – Oral Pathology Cases and Concepts
What Are We REALLY Looking For? – Oral Pathology Cases and Concepts 3-6 continuing education hours-this course can easily be an all-day course Instructional Objectives: Upon completion of the session, participants will be able [...]
Oral Pathology and the Assessment Process: It’s Risky Business
3 continuing education hours Instructional Objectives: Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to: Explain the assessment process as it relates to oral lesion detection List the descriptors for pathologic lesions used [...]
Going Viral: Oral Manifestations of Viral Diseases
2-3 continuing education hours Instructional Objectives: Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to: Describe the pathogenesis of viral infections affecting the oral cavity and head/neck region Identify oral lesions associated with various [...]
Inside Out: Perio-Systemic Links and Associated Oral Pathologies
The commitment to an interdisciplinary approach for care makes dental professionals key stakeholders in maintaining overall health for patients. From heart disease to rheumatoid arthritis, an understanding of the perio-systemic link is vital in [...]
Open Wide and Look Inside: Oral Anomalies and Pathologies in Children and Adolescents.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends an oral health exam after eruption of the first tooth or by one year of age. The erupting teeth, however, are not the only structures for examination [...]
The Sky Isn’t Falling! The profile of HPV oral lesions
The mere mention of HPV can strike fear in the hearts of dental clients. Oral lesions associated with human papilloma virus infection are of great significance to the dental community and their diagnosis prompts [...]
Medical History Front and Center – Oral Pathologies as Manifestations of Systemic Conditions
Completing a thorough medical history is an imperative step in the dental process of care. An examination of oral lesions that are manifestations of systemic diseases will be discussed in this course. Expand your [...]
You’re Not Getting Older, You’re Getting BETTER! – Treating the Older Adult Dental Patient
As the US population continually grows older, an increasing number of older adult patients are retaining their natural teeth and presenting for care in our dental offices. Because this special population has many medical [...]
Why Sherri?
Dentistry does not exist in a vacuum. Every patient—and every provider—brings their mental health, life experiences, stressors, and vulnerabilities into the operatory. Yet mental health remains one of the most overlooked and least discussed aspects of oral healthcare.
Sherri Lukes brings more than four decades of experience in dentistry and nearly thirty years in academia to the stage, offering a rare and deeply informed perspective on the intersection of mental health, oral health, and ethical patient care. Her programs challenge dental professionals to look beyond procedures and protocols and to better understand the human beings they serve—and the emotional toll the profession itself can take.
Known for her ability to combine evidence-based education with powerful real-life stories, Sherri’s presentations resonate long after the course ends. Her work addresses suicide awareness, burnout, trauma, stigma, and the psychological realities that affect both patient outcomes and professional longevity.
Sherri speaks to dental hygienists, dentists, educators, students, and interdisciplinary teams who are ready to have honest, meaningful conversations—and who want tools they can use immediately.