Minimally invasive care (MIC) in dentistry is about preventing and healing tooth decay without removing any tooth structures. Research shows there is often no need for the traditional “drill-and-fill” approach that has defined dentistry for a century. The use of MIC can potentially reduce...
Ahead of a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) Wednesday, October 20, introduced two bills to expand and improve comprehensive health care for veterans.
The SMILES Dental Project - Spanning Miles in Linking Everyone to Services - is creating opportunities for more Coloradans to get the dental care they need by reducing or eliminating barriers to care through integrating dental hygienists into community spaces across the state.
DentaQuest Institute’s Safety Net Solutions provides resources with best practices, tools, strategies, and sample policies and guidelines for safety net health programs.
Qualis Health provides an action plan to implement screening for oral health risk factors and active disease, initiate appropriate preventive interventions, and coordinate dental care for those with active disease.
Qualis Health makes the case for incorporating preventive oral health care as a component of routine medical care and structuring referrals to dentistry. The Oral Health Delivery Framework provides a practical method for primary care teams of all types to engage patients and families in the... Read more about Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care White Paper
This HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement provides technical assistance resources to address the unique challenges faced by safety-net oral health programs.