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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Unlicensed Iowa Clinic Shut Down After Years of Unregulated Care
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Helping Patients Manage Dentinal Hypersensitivity
This information is from the article Dentinal Hypersensitivity Diagnosis by Elizabeth C. Kornegay, CDA, RDH, MS. To read the article, click here.
Additional Evidence Demonstrates COVID-19’s Airborne Spread
Two recent studies—one in China and the other in the Netherlands—show the ability of COVID-19 to quickly spread via aerosols, and the role of poor ventilation in exacerbating the virus’ transmission. Chinese researchers tested breath…
Oral Health Company Lends Support for Kids in Need
Tampa-based ProBiora HealthTM is proudly sponsoring Creating Smiles One Mile at a Time, a historic bike ride across the country to benefit Smile For a Lifetime.
Reducing the Risk of Dental Aerosols
This information is from the article Clinical Insights: What We Know and Don’t Know About Dental Aerosols by Stephen K. Harrel, DDS. To read the article, click here.
Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines from China and Russia Questioned
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Abbott Laboratories emergency authorization for its $5, 15-minute COVID-19 test. The antigen test is point-of-care, meaning that no lab or equipment is needed to process the…
FDI and ICHOM Develop Baselines and Indicators to Measure Oral Health Outcomes Globally
A collaboration between the FDI World Dental Federation and the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), have developed a minimum Adult Oral Health Standard Set (AOHSS) for use in clinical practice, research,…
Engineering and Dental Colleges Team Up to Improve Safety of Oral Health Care
Faculty in the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry and College of Engineering have collaborated on strategies to make the provision of oral health care at the university’s dental clinic safer during the global pandemic. The…
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