Oral health professionals can help ensure a lifetime of oral health by educating children and families about the importance of diet during the developmental years.
How effective are dental screening laws (DSLs) at addressing oral disease among children if obstacles limit their ability to connect children to dental care? The answer: not very successful.
To celebrate National Children’s Dental Health Month in February, the American Dental Association encourages clinicians to share the message “Brush and clean in between to build a healthy smile.”
A study has been published that retrospectively reviewed 1 year of pediatric dental procedures performed under general anesthesia at a private dental practice with anesthesia support from dentist anesthesiologists.
New research supports the vital importance of early dental visits, preferably at age 1, to protect children’s oral health, according to a 2018 study conducted through the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding more than $7 million in first-year funding to 10 research grants designed to eliminate inequalities in access to dental care among children.
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry is the latest recipient of research grants totaling more than $20 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) designed to reduce oral health disparities and…