Ensuring Safe Dental Unit Waterlines
This information is from the article Implications of Biofilms in Dental Unit Waterlines by Kandis V. Garland, RDH, MS. To read the article, click here.
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Penn Dental Medicine Among Wolf Administration Awardees to Battle COVID-19
Penn Dental Medicine is among the 23 statewide awardees from the administration of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolff to advance coronavirus research. The award to the lab of Henry Daniell, PhD, W.D. Miller Professor in the Department of Basic…
Youth E-Cigarette Use Is Down, but 3.6 Million Still Use E-Cigarettes
Most use flavored products, and disposable product use has increased.
Pulpdent Donates Embrace Varnish and Sealant to Deserving Dental
Pulpdent has donated 600 applications of Embrace Varnish and 400 applications of Embrace Pit & Fissure Sealant to Deserving Dental. Founded by Jennifer Geiselhofer, RDH, the Denver-based nonprofit organization provides free preventive…
Patient Abandonment
Occasionally, dental practices may experience a clinician who does not return from a break to see patients on his or her schedule.
DentaQuest Urges Action to Ensure Children Continue Receiving Critical Oral Healthcare
As schools begin returning to virtual and in-person learning, many low-income, Medicaid-enrolled students are at risk of losing school-based dental care, DentaQuest and the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement report.
Colgate® to Go Direct with Patient Product Recommendations
Introducing Colgate Professional Direct: A New Way to Make Convenient Product Recommendations a Reality for Patients
Sealants Are Not Just for Kids
Dental caries remains the most prevalent chronic disease in both children and adults in the United States, even though it is largely preventable. Monitoring the prevalence of caries is key to preventing and controlling oral diseases.…
New Mobile Dental Health Unit Provides Preventive Services at No Cost
Geisinger Health Plan, Dansville, Pennsylvania, has taken dental care on the road to deliver no-cost dental exams and preventive services to children in pre-K through grade 12 throughout its service area.
DentaQuest Announces 2020 Health Equity Heroes
DentaQuest, the nation’s leading purpose-driven oral health organization, has announced its 2020 Health Equity Heroes – Heroes in the Time of COVID-19.
