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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Texas’ First Black Dentist Is Honored
In February 1862, Marcellus Cooper, DDS, was born enslaved on a Dallas farm. As a young man, Cooper worked as an elevator operator until he saved enough money to attend college. Once he had completed his education, Cooper became the first…
Massachusetts Dental Insurance Bill Is Signed Into Law
On November 8, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly voted for the “A Law Relative to Regulation of Dental Insurance,” which requires dental insurance companies to spend 83% or more of members’ premiums on dental expenses and improving the…
Coalition Calls for the Inclusion of Adult Dental Care in Medicaid Coverage
A coalition of dental organizations called the Oral Health Resource Group is asking Congress to make the addition of adult dental care benefits to Medicaid coverage a top priority. The group asserts that expanding access to oral healthcare…
Nearly Half of Americans Will Delay Dental Care Due to Inflation
While 95% of Americans agreed that oral health is integral to systemic health, 42% noted they would postpone seeing a dental provider for prophylaxis due to the financial hit administered by high inflation, according to a survey conducted…
UCSF Integrates its Medical and Dental Records
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is the first academic institution in the Western United States to merge all of its medical and dental records in a step toward unifying medicine and dentistry. On December 5, the system…
DSO Association Publishes White Paper on Latest Trends in Dentistry
The Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO) recently published a white paper, “The Future of the Dental Industry,” that outlines four trends impacting the business of delivering dental care. The trends are:
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California Creates the Specialty Dental Clinic Grant Program
The Specialty Dental Clinic Grant Program is a new venture designed to broaden access to dental care for California residents with special healthcare needs. Led by the California Dental Association and funded through the state government,…
New Generation of Flu Vaccine May Be Tipping Point in Fight Against Influenza
Research—thus far only conducted on animal models—has found a flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology may elicit a strong immune response after exposure to all strains of influenza. More than 50,000 Americans die each year due to the flu, so…
Brazilian Dentist Honored for her Research on Curing Lights
Cristiane Maucoski, DDS, MS, who is a practicing dentist in her native Brazil and a current doctoral student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, received the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation—International for her…
Georgia State to Open Cutting-Edge Dental Hygiene Clinic
Georgia State University in Dunwoody recently broke ground on a $6.3 million dental hygiene clinic, which will enable dental hygiene students to train using the latest equipment while also providing nearby residents with access to dental…
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