Canada will offer national dental coverage for children younger than 12 whose families earn less than $90,000 per year. The plan will pay up to $650 annually—depending on income level—for routine dental care. The benefit will come through…

Rosalie Goode, RDH, recently began practicing as a dental therapist at Willamette Dental Group in Southern Oregon. She provides restorative care, extracts teeth, and prescribes medications under the supervision of a dentist. Goode is a…

The news agency, Reuters, discovered that Pushwoosh, a technology company purported to be American with headquarters in Washington, DC, was actually a Russian group that created code for many United States apps, including those used by the…

Private equity firms are becoming more involved in the business of healthcare, with $206 billion spent on more than 1,400 healthcare purchases in 2021, according to the Kaiser Health Network (KHN). Dental service organizations in addition…

A recent American Dental Association (ADA) Health Policy Institute poll demonstrated that many dentists are concerned about rising costs and the risk of an impending recession. In response, the ADA published some tips on how dental…

The American Dental Association Enhanced Current Dental Terminology (CDT) Task Force is requesting input from all members of the dental community regarding the introduction of new dental procedure code modifiers. The Code on Dental…

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry have developed a topical medication designed to prevent or minimize the effects of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ), an uncommon but…

United States Veterans who are residents of Oregon and earn between $19,000 and $54,000 as a single individual are eligible for the state’s new dental program. With signups now open, the program will provide no-cost dental care to those who…

Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming are the only states without their own dental school, which can limit the number of…

A group of more than 6,800 residents of Denmark with Parkinson disease (PD) was compared to a similar group of Danes without the neurological disorder regarding dental care utilization over 5 years. The study, “Dental Care Utilization Among…