Oral Healthcare Needs Don’t Take a Summer Vacation
As people relax during the summer, their dietary and oral health habits change as well, according to a recent DentaVox survey.
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Teledentistry Could Expand Oral Healthcare Access in Latino Communities
Teledentistry options provide critical access and affordable oral healthcare that is currently lacking for many in the Latino community, according to researchers at IdeateLABs and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for the Study of Latino
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Oral Healthcare Program Reduces Pneumonia Cases in Nursing Homes
Nursing homes that implemented an oral healthcare program for their residents saw a statistically significant 31% reduction in pneumonia cases compared to facilities that did not use the program, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health
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Children of Immigrants Face Significant Oral Healthcare Barriers
The children of immigrants in Canada face significant barriers in accessing oral healthcare in addition to barriers in getting other healthcare, according to a multidisciplinary study from researchers at the University of Alberta.
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Student Research Explores LGBT Issues in Oral Healthcare
A third-year student at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry is researching the oral health priorities, use of services, and inclusive understanding of oral health providers among the LGBT community, noting that no previous research had
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FDI Award Recognizes Oral Healthcare Program for Refugee Populations
The FDI World Dental Federation has recognized the Palestinian Dental Association with a Smile Award for its Dental-Point Project, which provides urgently needed oral healthcare to people living in a pair of migrant camps on Lesvos Island and in Athens
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ODA Asks for $50 Million to Provide Oral Healthcare to Underserved Kids
The Ontario Dental Association (ODA) has made a formal request to the provincial government to fix its dental program for children with a $50 million investment. The money is to support Healthy Smiles Ontario (HSO), which provides care
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Walmart’s Top Dentist Describes the Retail Giant’s New Oral Healthcare Services
Walmart is getting into oral healthcare. The retail giant now offers dentistry at its two newly opened Health Centers in Calhoun and Dallas, Georgia, alongside other services including primary care, counseling, labs and x-rays, optometry, hearing, and more.
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Australian Dental Association Calls for More Funding for Oral Healthcare
The Australian Dental Association (ADA) is calling on the nation’s government to provide additional targeted and sustainable funding to address the unmet oral and dental healthcare needs of Australians identified as priority groups because they experience “the greatest burden
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HRSA Awards $85 Million to Health Centers to Improve Oral Healthcare
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded more than $85 million to 298 health centers to expand their oral health service capacity through new infrastructure enhancements.
