A popular Instagram video making the social media rounds claims that dentists are a “scam” and the use of fluoride toothpaste and mouthrinse causes dementia and Alzheimer disease. This led AP News to use the video in its “News Verification”…

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry is conducting a 6-month study on the progression of periodontal diseases among participants with moderate to severe periodontitis. While dental research is…

Dental practices across the United States are feeling the pinch of the oral health professional labor shortage. Northern Michigan is addressing this issue by creating an abbreviated but intense program to get new dental assistants into the…

A new study from the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing found an association between the presence of tooth loss and diabetes with dementia. Published in the Journal of Dental Research, the research used 12 years’ worth of…

Dental hygiene students and nursing students from the University of New Mexico participated in an interprofessional diabetes care simulation. The program focuses on justice and equity in the care of patients with diabetes, who number more…

While 13 states have authorized dental therapy, only Alaska, Minnesota, and Washington have educational programs to train dental therapists. Colorado, which authorized dental therapy in 2022 and will begin allowing licensed dental…

Rural areas in Northern New England—which encompasses New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine—face shortages of all types of healthcare providers, including dentists. To attract more dental providers to the region, Northeast Delta Dental has…

On April 3, California will no longer require patients, visitors, and clinicians who are not performing clinical treatment to mask up in healthcare settings, including dental practices, across the state. It also let its COVID-19 state of…

Medical registries are common as they create a large amount of data that researchers use to evaluate outcomes. Dental implants have not had such a registry until now. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research is providing…

Dental Sealant Program—that brings dentists and dental assistants to public schools 4 years ago. The school-based program enables keiki (Hawaiian term for children) in the third and fourth grades to receive free oral health examinations and…