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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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Oral Health Professionals Can Answer the Call to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations
Carolyn Patenaude, MSEd, BSRDH, CDA—a faculty member at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Connecticut—is blogging for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene about COVID-19.
December 2020 marked a hopeful turning point in the…
Pfizer Requests Adjustment to Storage Temperatures From the FDA
Pfizer, maker of one of the two currently approved COVID-19 vaccinations, has asked the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adjust its vaccine’s required storage temperature from -112°F to -76°F to -13°F to -5°F. The new…
Scottish Dental Schools Won’t Admit New Classes in Fall 2021
Dental schools in Scotland will not accept freshman in the fall of 2021 because the previous year’s classes will repeat the same coursework for another year. This decision was made because dental educators did not feel that students…
ADA Asks Congress for More Small Business Support Due to the Pandemic
To help ensure the financial viability of dental practices across the United States, the American Dental Association (ADA) has asked Congress to provide additional support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ADA requested liability protection…
Vision 2030 Provides Strategies to Advance Oral Health
The global burden of oral diseases remains unacceptably high, despite the fact these conditions are largely preventable.
US Life Expectancy Drops Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that life expectancy has decreased by 1 year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Black and Latino Americans have fared even worse, experiencing declines of nearly 3…
MouthWatch Names Jamie Collins, RDH-EA, BS, to Dual Role of Senior Client Success Manager and…
MouthWatch recently appointed Jamie Collins, RDH-EA, BS, to the newly-created dual position of Senior Client success manager and Professional Education manager.
CDC Reports on the Spread of the B117 Variant in Minnesota
A Minnesota investigation into the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant B117—which originates from the United Kingdom—found the first cases in the state on January 25. Eight Minnesotans had been infected with the variant at that time; six got…
Oral Health Effects of Gastroesophageal Diseases
This information is from the article Oral Implications of Gastroesophageal and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Diseases by Jennifer E. Fehrenbacher, LDH, MEd, CDA and Amanda R. Reddington, LDH, MHA, CDA, EFDA. To read the article, click here.
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