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The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Icon in Dental Hygiene…
Educator, mentor, scholar, and innovator, Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, RDH, MS, EdD, FADHA, transformed dental hygiene education and…
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New Research to Investigate Etiology of Early Childhood Caries Among Underrepresented Groups
The Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester in New York has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to study the factors behind early childhood caries in…
Private Practice Reveal Longevity of Root Canal Treatment
Research from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Dentistry that included data from more than 46,000 electronic health records found that 11 years is the average survival rate for teeth post-root canal treatment.…
Dental Hygiene Program Partners With Resettlement Agency to Help Afghan Refugees
The Department of Dental Hygiene at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts, has partnered with the International Institute of New England to provide dental care to 32 children from Afghanistan. The pediatric patients had…
The Number of COVID-19-Related Deaths in the US Surpasses 1 Million
After 2½ years of grappling with a global pandemic, the United States has reached a sobering milestone: more than 1 million Americans are dead due to COVID-19. The 1 million mark was reached on May 16. Of those deaths, 75% were Americans…
Maine Implements Virtual Dental Homes for At-Risk Children
The Children’s Oral Health Network of Maine is launching virtual dental homes for children across the state who do not have access to dental services. Funded through a $650,000 federal grant, the program uses teledentistry to enable…
SIU Carbondale Dental Hygiene Students Also Receive CDHC Certification
The dental hygiene program at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale is unique not only because it is the only school in the state to offer a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene, but also because the program includes the education…
Confused T Cells Protect Tumor Cells in Head and Neck Cancers
New research has discovered that a group of t cells, crucial to immune system function, can become confused, and instead of protecting immune function, they switch to supporting tumor cells. Conducted at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center,…
Huge Donation Makes Dental School in Underserved Appalachia Possible
Pikeville University located in Pikeville, Kentucky, is set to open a much-needed dental school after receiving a record-breaking anonymous donation of $25 million. The private, Presbyterian institution in the Eastern Kentucky region of…
Colorado Considers Dental Therapy Bill
The Colorado General Assembly is considering a bill, SB 219, that would legalize the practice of dental therapy in the state. Colorado already allows dental hygienists to open their own independent practices since the passing of a statute…
The Costs of Little to No Dental Care Within US Prison Systems
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