Dental care reform or risky shortcut? Washington bill stalls after fierce Capitol showdown.
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Routine spore testing confirms sterilizer performance, safeguards patients, and keeps dental practices compliant with CDC and OSHA…
Medicaid Cuts Push Dentists Out and Patients Pay the Price
Cut reimbursement, lose dentists. Who pays the price when Medicaid access disappears?
Arizona’s Oral Preventive Assistant Debate: Expanding Access or Lowering the…
Arizona wants dental assistants cleaning teeth with less training. Will patients pay the price?
Kentucky Tables Assistant Scaling Proposal as Practice Act Moves Forward…
Kentucky’s assistant-scaling proposal is off the table. Here’s what the Board of Dentistry’s decision means.
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A new study from Australia shows that the novel coronavirus can remain infectious on fomites under research conditions for up to 28 days, whereas influenza only remains viable for 17 days. Published in the Virology Journal, results…
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COVID-19 Is Third Leading Cause of Death in the United States
COVID-19 has reached a macabre milestone, as it is now the third leading cause of death in the United States. Illness caused by the novel coronavirus kills more Americans than the flu, stroke, Alzheimer disease, kidney disease, diabetes,…
Is a COVID-19 Vaccine Really the Key to Ending the Pandemic?
The development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is top of mind these days, but Kaiser News reports that the vaccine is no panacea. First, it is unclear how effective a vaccine will be. For instance, the flu immunization is…
CDC Notes Americans’ Hand Hygiene Is Better But Still Room for Improvement
With effective hand hygiene serving as a key factor in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, new survey information demonstrating improvement in Americans’ handwashing regimens is a piece of good news. According to data published in the…
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Stymied by the global pandemic, Elizabeth McClure, RDH, MEd, sought legislative help to enable her dental hygiene students to receive provisional licenses to provide much-needed dental care to Ohioans.
Oral Malodor and Xerostomia Unmasked
With most Americans wearing masks while in public places due to the global pandemic, bad breath and dry mouth may become painfully apparent.
National Institutes of Health Fund NYU School of Dentistry’s Investigation Into Inflammation
Researchers are looking closely at the relationship between low-grade inflammation and aging, or “inflammaging.”
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Poll data recently released from Delta Dental show that 69% of Americans believe the benefits provided by preventive oral healthcare outweigh the risks of visiting their dental office during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 67% are concerned…
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