Starting January 1, 2027, California dental plans must honor patients’ assignment of benefits, allowing practices to receive insurance payments directly while increasing transparency around provider networks and out-of-pocket costs.
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Missouri Expands Dental Access as Medicaid Cuts Loom
Medicaid expansion has opened doors to preventive and specialized dental care for thousands of Missourians, but proposed funding…
Managing Tooth Wear
Understanding the causes and clinical presentation of tooth wear helps clinicians to prevent further damage and develop effective…
Why Dental Hygienists Leave
New research exposes the impact of abusive supervision on dental hygienists’ mental health, job satisfaction, and decisions to…
Unlicensed Iowa Clinic Shut Down After Years of Unregulated Care
From unproven cancer treatments to an unlicensed dental operatory, the case of Old Cabin Retreat highlights the serious risks of…
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Clinical Study Evaluates Naproxen Sodium Vs an Opioid Combination in Acute Post-Surgical Dental Pain
New clinical research has shown that a single 440-mg dose of over-the-counter naproxen sodium (NapS) is as effective, lasts longer, and is better tolerated than a single dose of a commonly prescribed opioid for managing acute post-surgical…
Calaject Provides Computer-Assisted Local Anesthesia Delivery
Directa Dental Group’s (800-537-8765; directadentalusa.com) Calaject device for computer-assisted local anesthesia represents the company’s second generation of computer-assisted injection technology. The design goal was to provide a means…
COVID-19 Booster Shot Drastically Reduces Risk of Death
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing that those who have received a COVID-19 booster shot are 97 times less likely to die from COVID-19 than those who are unvaccinated. Individuals who completed…
COVID-19 Cases Continue to Decline Across the US
The daily COVID-19 case rate is decreasing in every state except Maine after a peak that hit mid-January, due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. In other good news, the number of Americans hospitalized due to COVID-19 has declined by…
More Than 3.5 Million Americans Called Out Sick During One Week in January
January is traditionally known as the start of a new year but January 2022 will go down in the record books as the great sick out. More than 3.5 million Americans missed work the week of January 9 to 15, 2022, mainly due to COVID-19-related…
Study Shows Association Between Xylitol Chewing Gum and Reduced Risk of Preterm Birth
A cluster randomized trial of more than 9,600 participants in Malawi, a nation in South Central Africa, found that women who chewed xylitol gum during pregnancy experienced a reduction in preterm birth and low birth weight babies.…
Medicare Will Now Pay for At-Home Rapid COVID-19 Tests
When the federal government announced that private health insurers would cover the cost of up to eight at-home rapid COVID-19 tests per month for their policyholders on January 15, Medicare was not included—leaving millions of Americans out…
Organization Seeks to Help Implement Dental Therapy
While 13 states have passed legislation allowing licensure of dental therapists, red tape often impedes the ability of states to get these midlevel practitioners into the workforce. Pew Charitable Trusts reports that the National…
COVID-19 Testing: Must Employers Cover the Cost?
On January 13, the Supreme Court struck down the federal government’s requirement that companies with more than 100 employees either mandate COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing. However, businesses may still want to test employees as a…
INTRODUCING IZZO™, A REVOLUTIONARY 4-IN-1 ORAL CARE SYSTEM FOR AT-HOME USE
Today, Premier® Dental, a global developer and manufacturer of dental and medical products, announces the launch of izzo™, an innovative new direct to consumer initiative designed to elevate at-home oral care. izzo™ is the first and only…
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