Researchers at the Kennesaw State University Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology in Kennesaw, Georgia, received a $424,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to evaluate and eliminate barriers to…

In a study of 6,000 Americans conducted by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, results showed that some aspects of dental care have bounced back since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while others remain underutilized. The number of…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $2 million to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) to study the role of responsible antibiotic use in the treatment of periodontal diseases. Researchers at…

While older Americans have long faced barriers to care, it’s no surprise that lockdowns and restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated numerous medical and dental conditions experienced by this patient population. Further…

While previous research has shown the salivary benefits of chewing xylitol gum in caries prevention, a new large-scale study also demonstrates it can help reduce preterm births, which the authors suggest is due, in part, to improvements in…

More than 10,000 Americans die each year due to oral cancer, and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common. Without treatment, OSCC has deadly consequences. Researchers at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of…

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a warning about the risk of insider threats to healthcare providers’ cybersecurity on April 21, 2022. The HHS defines an insider threat as: “a person within a healthcare…

The state of Tennessee does not currently provide dental benefits to adults covered by Medicaid. The Volunteer State also has few dentists—less than 30%—willing to accept patients insured through Medicaid due to low reimbursement…

Dental stem cells are not easy to grow in a lab setting—unlike blood-forming stem cells that are prolific in labs across the world—leaving the knowledge base surrounding the dentition lacking. Researchers from KU Leuven in Belgium hope to…

A study that cross-referenced participants’ dental records with nutritional assessment revealed that those fitted for dentures experienced a notable decline in nutritional markers over the 2 years following the start of appliance wearing,…