A proposed amendment to Arizona’s oral preventive assistant (OPA) law could weaken educational standards by bypassing CODA accreditation. Dental hygienists are being urged to speak up before the bill advances.
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While Some States Consider Cutting Standards, Pitt Invests in the Future of…
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Kansas City University Opens New Dental School
Kansas City University in Joplin, Missouri, is dealing with the region’s shortage of dental providers by opening a new dental school. The Harry M. Cornell Dental Education Center — a $65 million teaching facility — will help increase the…
Incarcerated Population in Oregon to Receive Dental Care
Incarcerated individuals in the Deschutes County Jail in Bend, Oregon, will now receive dental care due to a partnership with a mobile dental bus. Medical Teams International will visit the correctional facility once per month providing…
The 2023 Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Honored
On Friday evening at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD, FSCDH, was honored with the Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award. A professor and assistant dean for research…
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Tribal Dental Clinics Switch Focus from Restorative to Preventive With Big Results
The Tribal health clinics in Polson and St. Ignatius, Montana, also provide the area’s residents with dental care. When the clinics added a pediatric dentist, David Burke, DMD, MPH, to their dental team, he moved the focus away from…
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