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Dental Schools to Build Facilities for Patients With Special Needs

Families with special needs including physical and cognitive disabilities face significant barriers in accessing...

Children With Protruding Teeth Face Greater Risk of Dental Injury

Children with primary teeth or early adult teeth that stick out have an increased...

National Emergency Standards Will Increase Dental Patient Safety

Dental offices need a national standard for medical emergency preparedness (MEP) and inspections. Well...

Negative Dental Experiences More Common for Low-Income, Nonwhite Children

Disparities in young children’s experiences at the dentist are linked to income, ethnicity, and...

Kool Smiles Dental Quietly Changes the Names of Its Clinics

In Mississippi and Arkansas, Kool Smiles Dental has changed its brand name to Sunnybrook...

Therapy Dogs Reduce Children’s Fear During Dental Appointments

Children who visit the dentist report reduced situational fear when a certified therapy dog...

Project Recommends New Spending for NHS Dental Programs

The dental budget of England’s National Health Service (NHS) isn’t being spent efficiently and...

Interprofessional Training Improves Pediatric Oral Health

Nursing, medical, and dental students can work as a team to improve their knowledge...

UNC Performs Pediatric Tooth Transplant

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Adams School of Dentistry have successfully used “throwaway”...

Oregon Program to Expand Medical and Dental Collaboration

The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement and the Central Oregon Health Council recently...