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Ontario Launches $90 Million Program to Provide Seniors With Oral Healthcare

The government of Ontario has announced that it will provide a $90 million annual investment in publicly funded dental care for low-income seniors, once the program is fully implemented. The program will begin in late summer 2019. “No

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Adolescents Offer Suggestions for Improving Oral Healthcare

Dental care is free for everyone under the age of 18 in New Zealand, yet Pasifika adolescents in the nation are less likely than their peers of other ethnicities to access it, according to the University of Otago.

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Philips Partners With Delta Dental of California on Oral Healthcare Research

Delta Dental of California and Royal Philips will partner to promote and improve oral health and wellness. Together, they will conduct research to build integrated insurance and oral hygiene and wellness solutions within an evolving connected ecosystem encompassing

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Partnership Improves Oral Healthcare for Patients With Special Needs

The Touro College of Dental Medicine (TCDM) and the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) have announced an academic affiliation designating WIHD as a teaching site for TCDM students. Dental students will conduct weekly rotations in WIHD’s dental

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Partnership to Improve Oral Healthcare for Patients With Disabilities

Henry Schein and the Viscardi Center are teaming up to create Project Accessible Oral Health (POAH), an international public-private partnership that will raise awareness of and address the significant need for increased oral healthcare for people with disabilities,

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Cal State Gets $16.6 Million Grant to Improve Oral Healthcare

The California Department of Health Care Services has awarded a $16.6 million grant to California State University, Los Angeles, to promote dental health among underserved populations in the city. Cal State LA is one of 15 recipients of

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Cal State Gets $16.6 Million Grant to Improve Oral Healthcare

The California Department of Health Care Services has awarded a $16.6 million grant to California State University, Los Angeles, to promote dental health among underserved populations in the city. Cal State LA is one of 15 recipients of

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Dementia Patients Receive Less Oral Healthcare

Subsequent to a diagnosis of dementia, patients have less contact with dental care services, and their oral health is impaired, according to Karolinska Institutet. Its researchers compiled information on diagnoses and cognitive function for approximately 58,000 people listed

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Washington State Smile Survey Shows Mixed Results in Oral Healthcare Efforts

Efforts to improve pediatric oral health are underway in the Evergreen State, but work still needs to be done, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s 2015-2016 Smile Survey. For example, 53% of today’s third graders have