Exploring the New Recommendations for Patient Shielding During Imaging
Join us for a webinar, eligible for 1 CE credit, that will explore radiography safety in dentistry.
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BBC: A tooth examination can be terrifying for victims of rape and assault. These dentists want to help them
February 27, 2024
"In the US, TACHC worked with the non-profit CareQuest Institute for Oral Health to create an online course for dental professionals on trauma-informed oral healthcare. This was made available in April 2023."
Utilizing Caries Management by Risk Assessment to Deliver Person-Centered Care
Join us for a webinar that will explore utilizing caries management by risk assessment to achieve patient-centered care.
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Veteran RFP
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School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP
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Overcoming Barriers to Oral Health Care Access in Tanzania
February 20, 2024
Katanta Simwanza, DDS, knows what it’s like to not have access to oral health care.
“Growing up, I was surrounded by a high prevalence of dental diseases within my community where oral health services were scarce,” Simwanza says. “I, and many other children and elders alike, personally experienced the pain of dental abscesses and oral health diseases.”
These experiences growing up in Tanzania pointed him toward pursuing a career in health — specifically oral health.
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Providing Equitable Care to Special Populations in North Carolina
February 13, 2024
Early in his career, Bill Milner, DDS, MPH, realized that special populations — especially people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the elderly — are often left behind when it comes to accessing oral health care.
“There has been a gap in services in dentistry that we knew back in the 1980s had to be filled,” says Milner. “Dentistry had no answer for folks that we now serve. We thought, ‘Why not provide the same quality care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities or the elderly, who may not be able to afford it?’”
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Dentistry IQ: The high cost of dental-related lost productivity
February 9, 2024
"US adults lose some 243 million hours of productivity annually to oral health issues, with those with lower-paying and hourly jobs more likely to lose more work hours due to either their own or someone else’s unplanned dental visit.
Among the key findings in a new report by CareQuest Institute on lost productivity and dental issues is the high cost of such missed productivity in the US: an estimated $45 billion annually."
Published 02/07/2024
Medical Oral Expanded Care in Ohio
Improving Children's Dental Health
Tooth decay is the most common, preventable chronic disease among children in the US. And in Ohio, one out of every four children has not had an annual dental visit.
CareQuest Institute and Oral Health Ohio are collaborating on an innovative program (MORE Care™) that partners physicians and dentists to provide whole-person health care to more than 15,000 underserved children across five counties in Ohio.