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Report Outlines Global Plan for Improving Oral Healthcare

The FDI World Dental Federation drafted Vision 2030: Delivering Optimal Oral Health for All to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary roadmap on how to impact health policies and tackle challenges to improve oral health and reduce oral health inequalities

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Tacos and Toothbrushes Provides Oral Healthcare to the Underserved

As the pandemic has made it more difficult for families to get oral healthcare, the nonprofit Kids’ Community Dental Clinic (KCDC) recently hosted a drive-through dental outreach event. Twenty-one dental students and two members of the faculty from

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Consensus Sought on the Definition of Essential Oral Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for consensus on the definition of essential oral healthcare, according to researchers at the New York University College of Dentistry, who have developed a layered model that integrates urgent and basic

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Oral-B and Dental Lifeline Network Partner to Improve Oral Healthcare

Oral-B will provide $1 million in donated products and dental care to high-risk individuals through a partnership with Dental Lifeline Network (DLN), including thousands of electric toothbrushes that DLN’s network of more than 15,000 volunteers will distribute to

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Partnership Launches Three-Domain Framework for Oral Healthcare

The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement has released a report based on the work of the Community Oral Health Transformation Initiative that establishes a primary care-like structure for oral healthcare delivery, facilitates value-based payment models, and enables

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FDI Emphasizes Need to Continue Oral Healthcare During WHO Meeting

The FDI World Dental Federation submitted a statement to the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizing the need to continue equitable access to oral healthcare during the pandemic as the WHO convened a special virtual session of its executive

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School Closures Cut Off Low-Income Kids’ Access to Oral Healthcare

As schools return to virtual and in-person learning, many low-income, Medicaid-enrolled students are at risk of losing school-based dental care, according to DentaQuest and its Partnership for Oral Health Advancement.

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FDI Drafting Oral Healthcare Standards for Cleft Patients

The FDI World Dental Federation has teamed up with oral health nonprofit Smile Train to integrate regular and focused dental care into the treatment and care plan of children with clefts to help address oral hygiene challenges and

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Ontario to Expand Access to Oral Healthcare for Eligible Seniors

The Ontario government is providing $25 million to expand access to the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program. The funding will be used to support 78 infrastructure projects across the province, including building new dental clinics and renovating existing

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Student Volunteers Provide Oral Healthcare to Refugees

Staff and students at the University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health in the United Kingdom are teaming up to deliver dental care to refugees from countries such as Syria, Iran, and Sudan and other minority