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A Fast Track to Dental Careers
Colleges are exploring new educational pathways to strengthen the dental workforce amid persistent staffing shortages.
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Amid rising COVID-19 cases across the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is revising its mask guidelines for vaccinated Americans. Initially, the CDC recommended that only nonvaccinated individuals needed…
Wiki on Human Salivary Proteins Aids Diagnostic Testing
As detailed in an article appearing in the Journal of Dental Research, “The Human Salivary Proteome Wiki: A Community-Driven Research Platform,” a new public portal has been launched that provides access to a dynamic database on proteins…
Early Molar Eruption May Be Linked to Stress
In order to better understand how stress affects childhood development, an interdisciplinary team studied the timing of first permanent molar eruption. Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) School of Dental Medicine and…
Hospital Visiting Restrictions May Ease in Spite of Rising COVID-19 Cases
With no end in sight for the global COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are evaluating the impact of severely restricting or barring visitors all together. In January 2020, more than 90% of hospitals prevented any visitors or severely limited them…
Florida Dental Hygienist Helps Vets Access Oral Healthcare
Eurika Peebles, CRDH, BAS, a veteran herself, supports vets’ dental health through her non-profit organization Operation Combat Smiles.
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We’ve long thought that removing wisdom teeth was important to maintaining oral health. But there may be additional benefits to the procedure.
Modified Smartphone Camera Can Detect Dental Plaque Biofilm
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US COVID-19-Related Travel Restrictions to Remain for the Foreseeable Future
Many Americans have lamented the COVID-19-related travel restrictions that have prevented visitors from a variety of countries from traveling to the United States. On July 26, the White House announced that these restrictions will remain in…
Many Americans Left Confused About Mask Wearing
While Los Angeles County has gone back to an indoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status, most other regions are following the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendation that only unvaccinated…
Some Florida Hospitals See Higher COVID-19 Admissions Than Since the Pandemic Began
With the easily transmissible Delta variant and large populations of unvaccinated residents, Florida hospitals are seeing the highest admission rates due to COVID-19 than ever before during the pandemic. Public health officials had hoped to…
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