Researchers Coax Plants to Produce Proteins Useful in Vaccine Development Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine’s departments of Biochemistry and Pathology have utilized codon optimization to create a…

Many Long Term Care Patients Refuse Oral Health Services The perception that if you don’t have pain, you don’t have a problem appears to apply to patients at long term care facilities, according to University at Buffalo (UB) researchers,…

Surgeon General Issues First Ever Report on Substance Addiction According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is a “complex disease,” and “quitting takes more than good intentions or a…

University of Rochester Study Shows E Cigarettes Damage Gingival Tissue Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, have answered the question of whether electronic cigarettes are safer than…

 NEW YORK, NY (December 14, 2016) Oral health of children who receive dental care through Medicaid lags behind their privately insured peers, even though the children receive the same amount of dental care, according to a study from…

Oral Health America receives $50,000 from Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation for Tooth Wisdom® Get Smart About Your Mouth CHICAGO, December 14 – Oral Health America (OHA) recently received a $50,000 grant from Delta Dental of…

Los Angeles, Dec. 14, 2016 Californians who were historically unable to afford health insurance those with low incomes and people of color benefited significantly from health coverage expansion policies under the Patient Protection and…

 12 12 2016  For years, scientists have puzzled over what prompts the intertwined double helix DNA to open its two strands and then start replication. Knowing this could be the key to understanding how organisms — from healthy…

Penn Dental Medicine Hosts Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation Consensus Conference Rehabilitation (FOR), Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, on the topic of prosthetic protocols in implant based rehabilitation. Dr. Markus Blatz, Professor and Chair of…

Statement from the American Dental Hygienists’ Association on the December 7 Issue of Health Affairs on Oral Health The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) is pleased that Health Affairs recognizes the enormous impact oral health…