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The Role of Fluoride In Caries Prevention

Feb 1, 2018

...2014, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended the use of fluoride varnish in all children, from birth through age 5 and gave a B evidence grade for its...

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Group Calls for More Integration of Oral Health Care Services

Apr 8, 2018

TEMPURA/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS A group of dentists from the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) School of Dentistry and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry...

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Addressing Prescription Opioid Misuse

Jun 5, 2018

...Accessed April 10, 2018. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. About the U.S. Opioid Epidemic. Available at: hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/. Accessed April 10, 2018. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…

ADA Foundation Names Give Kids A Smile Continuity of Care Grant Recipients

Jan 25, 2018

...Children’s Dental Services (CDS) will provide restorative dental care and other oral health services for about 500 underserved children ages (birth) to 26 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul (Twin Cities) metropolitan...

National Oral Health Report: A State of Decay

Apr 17, 2018

...the 13 services measured in this 2018 survey. More state oral health officials are including older adults in State Oral Health Plans (SOHP) and administering Basic Screening Surveys (BSS) that...

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A Heartbreaking Look at Americas Dental Crisis

Oct 1, 2017

...the more than one-third of Americans who experience significant barriers in accessing dental care. Deamonte and his brothers, like the vast majority of children covered by Medicaid, received medical services,...

Perspectives

Tribal Communities Expand Access to Care

Oct 1, 2017

...have experienced a lack of access to care and is limited to about 50 procedures that can provide relief from pain, basic treatment of disease, and preventive education and services....

Perspectives

Integrating Medical and Dental Care

Oct 1, 2016

...team-based approach. Patients would have better access to care and many barriers would be eliminated through the integration of dental and medical services provided in one setting. If further questions...