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How to Ensure Patients are Keeping Up with Dental Hygiene Throughout the Pandemic

Oral Health Group

The pandemic has affected everyone around the world in one way or another, and we’ve all had to make changes to adapt to this new normal. For many of us, staying indoors more and limiting the locations we visit has … The post How to Ensure Patients are Keeping Up with Dental Hygiene Throughout the Pandemic appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Dental Statistics NHS Registration and Participation A National Statistics release for Scotland

Dental News and Technology

Publication date: 25 January 2022 About this release This release by Public Health Scotland reports on NHS dental registrations in Scotland between September 2001 and September 2021. In addition, it provides data on contact with an NHS dentist between September 2006 and September 2021. Generally, the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak has had little impact on registration rates due to the ‘lifetime registration’ policy.

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How teledentistry has changed since the pandemic

ASDA Blog

Odds are, you’ve had a telemedicine visit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. But have you scheduled a teledentistry visit, either as a provider or patient? As the pandemic continues to affect all of us and our lifestyles, the usage of teledentistry (TD) has increased. Compared to the beginning of the pandemic, when many dentists in private practice closed offices out of necessity, now more practitioners are offering the service as an adjunct to in-office visits.

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SEO Dental Tip: How To Choose Your Primary Category In GMB

My Social Practice

Important SEO Dental Tip: How To Choose Your Primary Category & Service Areas. One of the most effective ways to increase your new patient phone calls is through SEO for dentists. Local SEO will help your Google listing rank higher in the Google map. In our research we’ve found that nearly 2/3rds of potential patients use the Google map to find local dentists.

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Some Americans Ready to Move On, While Others Worry About Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

A Kaiser Family Foundation poll demonstrates that half of respondents believe that returning to pre-pandemic habits will be safe by the end of spring, while 26% will wait an additional year before resuming normal life. One in five will continue to mask up in public places and remain vigilant to prevent infection with the novel coronavirus. Results also showed that the global pandemic is no longer a top issue for voters: economy/inflation (91%), voting rights (84%), and foreign policy (83%) are t

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The Top 20 Most Used Passwords of 2021

Denticle

Today's post covers a couple of bases for me. The fist thing I want to accomplish today is to remind everyone that passwords are really, really important and should be treated as such. I realize that to a lot of you, that is probably one of the silliest things you've read today. However, I bring that simple fact up because, also in this post, I'm going to provide you the list of 2021's most common passwords and I think when you see the list, those of you who understand the importance of a passwo

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Does Dry Mouth Cause Gum Disease?

Modern Family Dental

You might be wondering: why is my mouth so dry, what causes dry mouth, and can it lead to gum disease and other oral issues? In this YouTube episode, Modern Family Dental Care outlines the causes of dry mouth, its symptoms, its relationship with your oral health, and how to prevent dry mouth for good. What is dry mouth? Dry mouth (otherwise known as xerostomia) is a condition that occurs when your salivary gland does not produce enough saliva.