Medi-Cal Dental Incentive Payments Extended Through Dec. 31, 2021
Dental providers who receive incentive payments through the programs Domains, 1, 2 and 3 can continue participation through Dec. 31, 2021.
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Dental Therapy Continues to Grow
This information is from the article Update on Dental Therapy in the United States by Ann Lynch. To read the article, click here.
Helping Your Older Patients Weather the Pandemic
Never have the issues of social isolation, loneliness, and depression been brought to light more poignantly and dramatically than through the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing public health sequelae, especially among the most vulnerable…
NIH Identifies New Genetic Disorder
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists may have found a new genetic disorder that affects the brain and craniofacial skeleton.
Research Shapes Safe Dentistry During COVID-19
Research published in the Journal of Dentistry is helping to inform oral health professionals on how to safely treat patients during the global pandemic by mitigating the risks of dental aerosols.
Idaho State University to Upgrade Dental Hygiene Clinic
Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello received a $500,000 donation from Delta Dental of Idaho to improve the school’s heavily utilized dental hygiene clinic.
Research Begins on Severe Illness in Children With COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health has begun an observational study on the impact of COVID-19 on the health of children, particularly the effects and prevalence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C).
Speed of Dental Drills Impacts COVID-19 Transmission
A new British study demonstrates that slowing the speed of the dental handpiece may significantly decrease aerosol transmission.
