Dental care reform or risky shortcut? Washington bill stalls after fierce Capitol showdown.
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Spore Testing Is the Backbone of Dental Infection Control
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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Sealants Are Not Just for Kids
Dental caries remains the most prevalent chronic disease in both children and adults in the United States, even though it is largely preventable. Monitoring the prevalence of caries is key to preventing and controlling oral diseases.…
New Mobile Dental Health Unit Provides Preventive Services at No Cost
Geisinger Health Plan, Dansville, Pennsylvania, has taken dental care on the road to deliver no-cost dental exams and preventive services to children in pre-K through grade 12 throughout its service area.
CDC Requests More Funds for COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has requested $6 billion from Congress to finance the nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines once they are ready. The urgent request was made by CDC Director Robert…
OSHA Cracks Down on Noncompliant Dental Practices
The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is serious about ensuring dental practices follow COVID-19 safety restrictions. The agency recently fined a Georgetown, Massachusetts dental practice $9,500 for failing…
DentaQuest Announces 2020 Health Equity Heroes
DentaQuest, the nation’s leading purpose-driven oral health organization, has announced its 2020 Health Equity Heroes – Heroes in the Time of COVID-19.
Study Reveals Impact of COVID-19 on the Provision of Oral Health Care
FAIR Health—a nonprofit organization focused on the study of healthcare and health insurance costs and utilization—released a new study, “Dental Services and the Impact of COVID-19: An Analysis of Private Claims,” that looks at the effects…
UCLA Study Reports Rapid Rise in E-Cigarette, Marijuana Use Among Young Adults
Smoking cigarettes may have been on the decline for a decade, but two trends have become popular with Californians between the ages of 18 and 25: electronic cigarettes and marijuana.
Preliminary Evidence Shows Eyeglasses May Offer Some Protection from COVID-19
A small Chinese study showed that among those hospitalized with COVID-19, the percentage of those who wore eyeglasses for more than 8 hours per day was less (5.8%) than the rate of myopia in the general population (31.5%). The authors…
The Growth and Differentiation Potential of Dental Pulp Cells in Demineralized Dentin Tubules
Researchers from the Graduate School of Tokyo Dental College, Ziauddin University, Hayatabad Medical Complex, and King Saud University attempted to regenerate a biocompatible osteodentin-like, hard-tissue matrix in order to replace…
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