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Senior Market Sales Launches Dental Quoting Tool

Dentistry Today

Senior Market Sales (SMS), a premier insurance marketing organization (IMO) serving independent insurance agents, has launched a proprietary tool that compares out-of-pocket costs for dental insurance from multiple carriers—a first-of-its kind feature that saves time and positions agents for dental sales.

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Pandemic Has Done a Number on Children’s Oral Health

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

THE COVID EFFECT Stay-at-home quarantines over the past couple of years have not only limited—or eliminated—dental office visits and good prophylactic dental care, but all the downtime, especially for children and teenagers, has likely contributed to an overconsumption of sugary snacks. million dependents by June 2020.

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Pacific Dental Services Partners with Commonwealth Primary Care ACO to Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Medical Expenses of ACO's Medicare Patient Population

Dental News and Technology

Through the initial phase of the partnership, both parties will prioritize medical-dental care integration so that patients within Commonwealth's network who are diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes will receive proper oral healthcare and periodontal therapy as part of their clinical treatment plan. million Americans or 10.5

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The Case for a Medicare Dental Benefit

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

2 An individual’s inability to access dental care presents a clear threat to his or her overall health. According to a recent national survey conducted by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 16% of adults who reported they were without dental insurance had not seen a dentist in more than 5 years. How’s America’s Oral Health?

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Providing Dental Care in India vs the United States During a Global Pandemic

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

As an aggressive preventive measure to pandemic, the Indian government announced nationwide shelter-in-place orders on the March 24, 2020, for 21 days. As the Indian lockdowns ended in July and August of 2020, dentists were allowed to deliver routine elective procedures. Around 51% of the Indian population have periodontal diseases.

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The future of dentistry is functional. Here’s why.

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Periodontal disease & chronic disease. These statistics say it all: Up to 50% of adults have periodontitis 90% of the population regularly experiences gingivitis (the first stage of gum disease) Cavities are the most common preventable disease in the world Oral pathogens are involved in almost every chronic disease.

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Advancing Dental Therapy Legislation in Oregon

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

The OHA approved three dental pilot projects, but only two are designed to train dental therapists: Pilot #100 and Pilot #300. Pilot #100 (Oregon Tribes Dental Health Aide Therapist [DHAT]), which is based on the DHAT model, was approved in 2016. The third cohort is set to begin in August 2023 with up to 12 additional trainees.