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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HHS Warns of Insider Cybersecurity Threats to Healthcare, Including Dentistry
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a warning about the risk of insider threats to healthcare providers’ cybersecurity on April 21, 2022. The HHS defines an insider threat as: “a person within a healthcare…
Tennessee Considers a Two-Pronged Solution to Improving Access to Care
The state of Tennessee does not currently provide dental benefits to adults covered by Medicaid. The Volunteer State also has few dentists—less than 30%—willing to accept patients insured through Medicaid due to low reimbursement…
Three-Dimensional Model May Help Efforts to Create Tooth Enamel
Dental stem cells are not easy to grow in a lab setting—unlike blood-forming stem cells that are prolific in labs across the world—leaving the knowledge base surrounding the dentition lacking. Researchers from KU Leuven in Belgium hope to…
Denture Wearing Negatively Impacts Nutrition
A study that cross-referenced participants’ dental records with nutritional assessment revealed that those fitted for dentures experienced a notable decline in nutritional markers over the 2 years following the start of appliance wearing,…
Dental Student Works to Reduce Dental-Related Waste
Each year in the United States, more than 1 billion plastic toothbrushes are thrown away, according to the American Dental Association. When Rodrick Wiggins, a student at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, considered…
Rooting Out the Causes of Oral Malodor in Children
It’s not just adults who can develop bad breath. Children also can offend.
How to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Ventilators have been in the news a lot lately, thanks to COVID-19. But while these machines are credited with saving lives, they have a downside.
Arkansas College Plans to Open Dental School With Private Funds
Arkansas has 96 regions noted as dental care health professional shortage areas and is meeting only 36.5% of its residents’ dental needs, according to data provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation. A small, private college in Arkansas with…
University of Arkansas Student Dental Hygiene Clinic Reaches Out to Afghan Refugees
Dental hygiene students have really stepped up to help these new residents improve their oral health.
Mothers of Young Children Frequently Receive Conflicting Information on Fluoride
A University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine study on how mothers obtain information regarding the use of fluoride found that social networks—composed of family members, healthcare providers, and community members—often provide…
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