The World Health Organization has adopted a global strategy to create an oral health action plan.
Clinical Leadership
Here are six clinical leadership updates for dentists to know from the last 60 days:
The American Dental Association's New Dentist Committee is partnering with a nonprofit to make dentists aware of mental health services available to them.
The American Dental Association has launched a program to provide its members at the national, state and local levels with resources to advance diversity and inclusion.
Dallas-based Prism Health North Texas, a healthcare nonprofit, is acquiring Community Dental Care of Texas to increase access to each other's services and provide care to those with HIV/AIDS, according to a May 17 News Tribune report.
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Denver Health Family Health Center in Montbello is integrating dental and medical care by offering vaccinations for children during their dental appointments, Fox affiliate KDVR reported May 11.
New York University College of Dentistry students were the first in the U.S. to perform student-led robot-assisted dental implant surgery, the university reported May 5.
Preventive dentistry could not only save the lives of patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease, but save them hundreds of dollars, according to a Mayo Clinic-led study published in the Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry.
Most Americans believe there is a connection between oral and overall health, according to the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health's "State of Oral Health Equity in America" survey.
From the effects of nanozyme therapy on dental plaque to the link between oral bacteria and hypertension, here are five recent dental studies to know: