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The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Icon in Dental Hygiene…
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When dentists and dental hygienists renew their license to practice in the state of Indiana every other year, they pay a $20 fee that goes into a state-run compliance fund. The fund is intended for use in investigating oral health…
Professional Athlete and Team Dentist Partner to Enable Kids With Special Needs to Receive Dental…
Devin Booker, a professional basketball player on the Phoenix Suns, and John Badolato, DDS, founder of Studio B Smiles in Phoenix and Scottsdale and team dentist for the Phoenix Suns, have donated $500,000 to Special Olympics Arizona to…
Penn Dental Medicine Studies Plant-Based Insulin
Diabetes is one of the most debilitating diseases in the world. In the United States, it is the eighth leading cause of death and the most common cause of kidney failure, amputations of the lower limbs, and vision loss. While insulin…
Dental Assistant Arrested After Forging Opioid Prescriptions
A dentist in Leesburg, Florida, was reviewing the prescriptions ordered from the previous day when she noted a request for the opioids Percocet, which contains oxycodone, and Norco, which contains hydrocodone; neither of which had been…
Florida Is Dead Last in Children’s Ability to Access Dental Care
According to a report by CareQuest Institute, Florida is the worst state in the nation for children’s oral health. The state has the highest number of kids seeking dental care in hospital emergency departments for dental diseases that are…
Mississippi Hospitals Reduce Pediatric Dentists’ Access to Operating Rooms
Two hospitals in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, have severely limited the availability of their operating rooms for pediatric dentists to provide much-needed dental care to children who require sedation. The low rate of reimbursement provided to…
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Program Allows Military Working Dogs to Receive Dental Care
Dental care is not only important for humans but also for our canine friends. Now dogs tasked with important roles in the United States Military —from bomb sniffing to protecting their service members — will receive the dental care they…
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
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