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Improving Oral Health With School-Based Sealant Programs

Jun 13, 2016

...with a school’s cohort of children who are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. This population is less likely to have access to regular dental services and...

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Top-Of-License Dental Hygiene Practice

Oct 1, 2017

...for many dental hygiene services in public health settings. Several states now also permit properly trained dental hygienists to perform basic restorative services.5 Changes in scope of practice have mostly...

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Impact of Health Policy

Oct 1, 2016

...insurance for dental care.3 Those who are uninsured bear the full cost of dental services, and many, especially those with low incomes, are forced to forego oral health care services...

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Rules of Reimbursement

Oct 1, 2014

...hygiene services. Cindy Mann, JD, director of the Center for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Services, released an informational bulletin on July 10, 2014.1 The bulletin was intended to...

Miscellaneous

The Fattening of America and Its Effect on Oral Health

Jan 9, 2006

...of Agriculture (USDA) Food Guidance System. MyPyramid9 replaces the Food Guide Pyramid that was introduced in 1992. MyPyramid provides web-based interactive and print materials for consumers and also materials designed...

MetLife and PreViser Launch Oral Health Disease Management Pilot Program

Feb 2, 2007

...and other financial services to individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance and retirement & savings products and services to corporations and other institutions. For more information, please visit www.metlife.com....

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Oral Health Disparities Experienced by Recent Refugees

Sep 16, 2022

...interpreter services when seeking medical care.21 However, dental care is less likely to be provided in settings accredited by the Joint Commission, resulting in a dramatic underutilization of interpretation services.22...

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Team Approach

Jul 18, 2012

...to access preventive dental care and 2.6% were not able to obtain additional oral care services.10 As licensed oral health professionals skilled in providing oral health promotion and prevention services,...

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Sunstar Spotlight: Tips for Treating Facility-Based Patients

Nov 13, 2013

...hygiene services in a long-term care facility depends on the coordination of on-site professional dental services, dedication to daily care routines, and cooperation of residents.23 Dental hygienists are increasingly able...

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Expanding Kids’ Access to Oral Health Care Services

Mar 9, 2015

...of success. The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that providing preventive dental services within pediatric medical offices may help reduce the prevalence of caries because very young children (birth to...