The California Dental Association (CDA) is alerting its members that recording conversations between clinicians and patients in dental settings is fraught with risk. The CDA notes that such recordings may violate the Health Insurance…

The infamous ransomware gang LockBit recently launched a cyberattack on Atlanta-based dental insurer Managed Care of North America (MCNA) with devastating results — 8.9 million patient records were compromised. Members of LockBit were able…

The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States, have created the “Age-Friendly Health System”…

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have developed a manufacturing process that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to fabricate dental crowns. Computer-aided design and manufacturing is typically used in the creation of dental…

Oral health professionals are well aware that poor oral health negatively impacts both mothers and infants and that the provision of dental care during pregnancy is safe. However, myriad studies continue to show that many pregnant women are…

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Low-income Vermont residents are between a rock and a hard place if they need more than preventive dental care. In central Vermont, only two dentists accept patients covered by Medicaid, leaving many with rampant decay or severe tooth pain…

Only two states —Texas and Delaware — do not include the administration of local anesthesia in the scope of practice for dental hygienists. Now, Delaware is very close to being the only one, as the Texas state legislature passed a bill,…

In Minnesota, 40% of the state’s 3,000 dentists do not accept Medicaid, severely limiting access to dental care for low-income patients. In an effort to expand access to care among Minnesotans of low socioeconomic status, of ethnic and…

Maryland residents with disabilities who need low- or no-cost dental care are forced to wait more than a year in some areas due to a lack of providers. The Maryland Foundation of Dentistry (MFD) has been helping those with intellectual,…