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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.…

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. 

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…

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, the nation’s leading purpose-driven oral health organization, has announced its 2020 Health Equity Heroes – Heroes in the Time of COVID-19.

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…

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.

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…

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…