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19 Questions (and Answers) about Brush-On Dental Therapies 

December 13, 2022

Brush-on therapies have become a popular form of minimally invasive care in recent years. As an alternative to surgically managing caries, silver diamine fluoride (SDF), povidone iodine (PI), and non-staining peptide-guided enamel regeneration P11-4 offer patients and providers options that are often preferable to the “drill-and-fill” approach.

Change, in this case, is happening quickly.

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Understanding and Providing Trauma-Informed Oral Health Care

According to the CDC, a quarter of all children in the United States have experienced some sort of maltreatment (physical, sexual, or emotional abuse), and a similar percentage of women have suffered domestic violence. For those individuals — and others outside of the statistics — a medical or dental exam can feel invasive. How can oral health providers recognize and respond to the signs, symptoms, and risks of trauma to better support the needs of patients?  

Published 12/12/2022

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The Five Most Popular CareQuest Institute Publications of 2022

December 12, 2022

This past year was full of positive developments in the oral health system: expanded oral health coverage for millions of Americans, initiatives to advance medical-dental integration, and new codes that will

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Dental Economics: Whole-person care for vulnerable patients: The value of medical-dental integration

December 12, 2022

Opportunities exist and have been successful adding oral health risk assessment and dental hygiene education into primary care visits, inpatient hospital wards, and many federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). For example, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health Improvement launched a pilot program in Massachusetts, the COVID-19 Oral Health Recovery and Transformation (COHRT) Learning Community.9 COHRT focused on teledentistry in oral health disease prevention, minimally invasive care, and integrated and personalized treatment.

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