Once a national model for access to care, Chicago’s in-school dental program is losing providers fast amid mounting concerns over oversight, reimbursement, and clinical autonomy.
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Study Reveals Alarming Gap in School Dental Programs
New research shows children without prior dental visits are significantly less likely to receive school-based caries prevention.
What Oral Health Professionals Are Missing About Undiagnosed Diabetes
With millions of cases still undiagnosed, xerostomia may be one of the earliest warning signs oral health professionals can…
Michigan Licenses Its Second Dental Therapist While Other States Still Wait
As many states stall after passing dental therapy laws, Michigan moves forward with its second licensed provider.
February’s Sunstar Giveaway Winner Is Revealed
Congratulations to Courtney Sprynczynatyk, RDH, the February winner of the Sunstar ebrief Giveaway. Starting off her career in…
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NC Dentist Gives Back by Creating a Fellowship for Pediatric Dental Residents
Following completion of her pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, Gail Rohlfing, DDS, began a 30-year career providing dental care to children in Greensboro and…
Upstate New Yorkers File Lawsuit to Reinstate Community Water Fluoridation
A group of parents in Buffalo, New York, has filed a class action lawsuit in state Supreme Court to ensure fluoride is added back to community water supplies after an 8-year hiatus. Buffalo stopped fluoridating its water in 2015, citing a…
Grifters Target Dentists in California
Scam artists are posing as members of the California State Dental Board to swindle unsuspecting dentists. They call dental practices noting that the dentist’s license has been suspended due to suspicious drug prescribing practices and then…
License of Washington Dentist Suspended After Patient Dies Post-Dental Care
In 2022, a Snohomish County, Washington dentist extracted several teeth from an 86-year-old patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient’s breathing stopped mid-procedure and emergency medical personnel were not called by…
New Report Out on the Dangers of ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Dentistry
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health — a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring all Americans have access to oral healthcare — recently published a report “Dental Danger: Home Remedies to Avoid When Awaiting Care.” As more than half of…
Supporting the Successful Management of True Combined Lesions
While rare, these lesions require a dual approach to treatment.
Which Dental Schools Have the Highest Acceptance Rates?
While attending dental school may be the dream of many, it is notoriously difficult to get in. Insider Monkey — a finance website that tracks hedge funds — recently released a list of the dental schools that offer the highest acceptance…
Kansas City University Opens New Dental School
Kansas City University in Joplin, Missouri, is dealing with the region’s shortage of dental providers by opening a new dental school. The Harry M. Cornell Dental Education Center — a $65 million teaching facility — will help increase the…
Incarcerated Population in Oregon to Receive Dental Care
Incarcerated individuals in the Deschutes County Jail in Bend, Oregon, will now receive dental care due to a partnership with a mobile dental bus. Medical Teams International will visit the correctional facility once per month providing…
The 2023 Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Honored
On Friday evening at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD, FSCDH, was honored with the Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award. A professor and assistant dean for research…
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