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quip to offer Access to Professional Dental Care through Walmart’s Online Hub

Dentistry Today

quip Virtual Dental Care Service “At quip, we are excited to be expanding our offerings to millions more Americans in need of professional dental care,” said Simon Enever, co-founder and CEO of quip. Virtual care checkups are covered by most dental insurance providers or cost from $35 out of pocket.

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quip Acquires Teledentistry Company Toothpic

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million users, today announced that it has acquired Toothpic, a leading telehealth company offering teledental services and care to more than 36 million Americans through partnerships with premier dental insurers. Access to quality dental care continues to be a challenge that persists within the United States.

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Dental Insurance Blogging, Local Dentist Office Info

Dental Chat

We get asked many local dental insurance questions online at DentalChat. Dental care is an important part of an individual’s overall health. Also, we discuss many local dentist’s blogs and local dental office information online with us. We get asked many local dentist office questions online – Read More.

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New Report Finds Rural Americans Lack Access to Oral Healthcare

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Furthermore, 67% of rural areas are identified as Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Dental insurance coverage is lacking for 34% of rural residents, while the figures stand at 29% for urban and 24% for suburban residents.

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Illinois Passes Bill to Help Ease Shortage of Oral Health Professionals

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Pritzker on May 27, the bill expands the ability of dental assistants to perform coronal scaling above the gumline on children ages 17 and younger who are covered by Medicaid, without dental insurance, or whose families’ incomes are lower than 300% of the federal poverty level.

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Delta Dental's annual community giving increased to $106 million in 2021, positively impacting 21.3 million lives

Dental News and Technology

Innovating for a healthier tomorrow: Delta Dental focused on the future by funding research and supporting new care models and technologies, like medical-dental integration and teledentistry, to help develop new solutions to improve care. Over the last decade, Delta Dental companies provided over $1.8 and Puerto Rico.

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A Complete Guide To Teledentistry: The Future of Virtual Dental Care

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For more than 10 years, Teledentistry has been used by many dentists across the world to spread out the accessibility of their dental practices, reducing the oral health disparities between urban and rural communities. What is teledentistry? Quality of dental treatments. Benefits of Teledentistry. – ADTA.