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Minnesota’s dental therapist experiment receiving good reviews
Minnesota’s first dental therapists went to work six years ago. Now approximately 70 of the licensed midlevel providers are offering…
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Many states slow in offering dental sealant programs for at-risk children
Professionally applied dental sealants offer effective protection against tooth decay. Moreover, progress has been made over recent decades in getting…
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International group shares concerns about disconnect between dental, medical care
Back in 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher warned in his landmark “Oral Health in America” report about the nation’s “silent…
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Study: Add poor oral health as a contributor to malnutrition among older adults
New research on senior hunger serves as a reminder of the impact that untreated dental disease may have upon overall…
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Reporter describes opportunities, challenges in covering oral health stories in ethnic neighborhoods
Tooth decay puts a particularly heavy burden upon children of color, as do the pain and tooth loss that can…
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Changes in health care landscape could mean big stories in oral health
It is hard to know, amid the ongoing battle to reshape the nation’s health care system, what the future holds…
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Freelancers weigh in on what it takes to successfully write a book at #AHCJ17
“Can you afford to write a book?” This question keeps many journalists awake at night. It also served as the…
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One ethnic neighborhood fights disparities in effort to reduce childhood tooth decay
Oral health has improved for the children of San Francisco in recent years. The decay rate among kindergarteners has fallen…
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Dentists urged to find non-opioid alternatives to ease patient pain
In response to the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction, health care leaders including U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy have urged…
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Community water fluoridation efforts get boost from EPA ruling
The ongoing controversy over community water fluoridation is unlikely to go away despite a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…