Dental Assistants Recognition Week is March 5 to 11, and the California Dental Association (CDA) wants to make sure dental practices acknowledge it in addition to Dental Hygienist Appreciation and Administrative Professionals Weeks, which…

The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages contributes to tooth decay and obesity, leading some cities to impose an additional tax on these drinks. Albany, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco in California; Boulder, Colorado;…

Access to professional dental services remains a problem for many populations across the United States, but those with disabilities often have the fewest options. Many dental offices are ill-prepared to effectively treat patients who use…

Mike J. Foley, DMD, is not your run-of-the-mill dentist. The Tampa Bay, Florida dental provider has what one may call peculiar hobbies. Foley has been highlighted by Ripley’s Believe It or Not Magazine for a fully functioning denture he…

Good Morning America, a popular morning television program, visited the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry to highlight the school’s “Determined to Be a Doctor Someday (DDS)” program. Begun by…

The United States federal government will sunset the national emergency declaration for COVID-19 that has been in place since March 20, 2020. The public health emergency designation will also come to an end. The termination of the emergency…

Minnesota legislators wanted to improve access to dental care for the state’s most vulnerable populations so, in 2021, they doubled Medicaid reimbursement rates for dentists, hoping more practices would accept patients covered by the…

In November 2022, Massachusetts passed a law requiring dental insurers to spend 83% of patient premiums on actual dental care, as opposed to business and marketing expenses. Illinois is poised to follow suit. The state’s “More for Your…

A dental hygienist and a dental assistant who were fired by a North Texas dental practice after raising concerns regarding safe practices during the global pandemic will receive more than $15,000 in back pay after an investigation by the…

New legislation sponsored by the California Dental Association seeks to bolster the dental assisting workforce by lowering the requirements. The bill AB 481 is still undergoing review. The most significant changes the bill will introduce…