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Integrated Electronic Health Records: Consensus Statement

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This Consensus Statement calls for urgent action to integrate oral health into global healthcare systems, ensuring seamless data exchange, improved patient outcomes, and a stronger, more coordinated healthcare infrastructure.

Expanding dental care to children through telehealth

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More than 57 million people live in dental health professional shortage areas. This means that there are not enough dental providers to care for the community. Telehealth can be used to provide some types of dental care. Children’s Dental Services...

School of Dentistry, Medical College of Wisconsin bridging gap to address jaw disorder

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Marquette’s School of Dentistry and the Medical College of Wisconsin are bridging the gap between medicine and dentistry on the issue of temporomandibular disorder (TMD), which causes pain and dysfunction in the jaw joint and muscles controlling jaw...

MORE Care in Ohio: Medical Oral Expanded Care

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Significant tooth decay in very young children is still a costly and painful problem in Ohio In Ohio, gains have been made in oral health, but significant tooth decay in very young children persists — leading to chronic pain, sleep and eating disorders...

UConn students offer free medical, dental and vision care to Connecticut community

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University of Connecticut students created a medical clinic club and are partnering with registered non-profit Remote Area Medical to put on a pop-up clinic in March 2024 at Windham Middle School to provide free medical, dental and vision care.

Delta Dental of Arizona, University of Arizona Announce Creation of Oral Health Medical Initiative at the College of Medicine – Phoenix

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The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Delta Dental of Arizona are partnering to create the Oral Health in Medicine Initiative (OHMI). The partnership — made through a $850,000 investment by the Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation —...

How Medical Providers Can Help Improve Oral Health for Head Start Participants

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Medical providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and physician assistants, play an essential role in improving the oral health of Head Start participants. They often see children and expectant parents earlier and more frequently than...

Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net

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The Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net projects funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau collaborated to develop an environmental scan tool to gain knowledge about factors that could impact...

The Heartbeat of Dentistry: Integrating CV Screening and Wellness Checks in Dental Visits

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Statistics show that patients will routinely visit their primary dental provider more frequently than their primary medical provider. Routine wellness exams with a dental hygienist are the perfect opportunity to educate patients on the importance of oral...

Double the Care: How Medical-Dental Integration Is Expanding Access in Ohio

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The Goals of the MORE Care Pilot The MORE Care Ohio pilot kicked off in November 2022 as a collaboration between CareQuest Institute and Oral Health Ohio, a coalition of statewide partners who educate and advocate to improve the state’s oral and overall...

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Baghestani M, Faregh M, Razavi SH, Owlia F.

Could carotid artery calcifications and pulp stones be an alarm sign for diabetes mellitus? A retrospective observational study. BMC endocrine disorders. 2025;25(1):191. doi:10.1186/s12902-025-02005-z

Baghestani M, Faregh M, Razavi SH, Owlia F.

Braun P, Chavez C, Flowerday C, Furniss A, Dickinson M.

Embedding Dental Hygienists into Medical Care Teams: Implementation and evaluation of a medical-dental integration approach in Colorado. J Dent Hyg. 2023;97(3):21-27.

Braun P, Chavez C, Flowerday C, Furniss A, Dickinson M.

Embedding Dental Hygienists into Medical Care Teams: Implementation and evaluation of a medical-dental integration approach in Colorado. J Dent Hyg. 2023;97(3):21-27.

Haber J, Dolce M, Hartnett E, Altman S, Silk H.

Improving Oral Health During Pregnancy: A Call to Action. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2022;67(2):166-169. doi:10.1111/jmwh.13357

Haber J, Dolce M, Hartnett E, Altman S, Silk H.

Improving Oral Health During Pregnancy: A Call to Action. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2022;67(2):166-169. doi:10.1111/jmwh.13357

Gill S, Quinonez R, Deutchman M, et al.

Integrating Oral Health into Health Professions School Curricula. Med Educ Online. 2022;27(1):2090308. doi:10.1080/10872981.2022.2090308

Gill S, Quinonez R, Deutchman M, et al.

Integrating Oral Health into Health Professions School Curricula. Med Educ Online. 2022;27(1):2090308. doi:10.1080/10872981.2022.2090308

MacNeil LM, Hilario H, Snyder J.

The case for integrated oral and primary medical health care delivery: Permanente Dental Associates. J Dent Educ. 2020;84(8):920-923. doi:10.1002/jdd.12284

MacNeil LM, Hilario H, Snyder J.

The case for integrated oral and primary medical health care delivery: Permanente Dental Associates. J Dent Educ. 2020;84(8):920-923. doi:10.1002/jdd.12284

MacNeil LM, Hilario H, Thierer T, Gesko D.

The case for integrated oral and primary medical health care delivery: Health Partners. J Dent Educ. 2020;84(8):932-935. doi:10.1002/jdd.12288

MacNeil LM, Hilario H, Thierer T, Gesko D.

The case for integrated oral and primary medical health care delivery: Health Partners. J Dent Educ. 2020;84(8):932-935. doi:10.1002/jdd.12288

MacNeil LM, Hilario H, Ryan M, Glurich I, Nycz G, Acharya A.

The case for integrated oral and primary medical health care delivery: Marshfield Clinic Health System. J Dent Educ. 2020;84(8):924-931. doi:10.1002/jdd.12289

MacNeil LM, Hilario H, Ryan M, Glurich I, Nycz G, Acharya A.

The case for integrated oral and primary medical health care delivery: Marshfield Clinic Health System. J Dent Educ. 2020;84(8):924-931. doi:10.1002/jdd.12289