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Editorial & Feature Stories Roundup
If a patient is willing to get a test for HIV at your office, are you willing to give it? A study presented this week at the HIV Testing Symposium in Australia found that more than 80% of patients would be willing to receive rapid HIV testing in dental settings.
In this Second Opinion, Dr. Jay W. Friedman describes the benefits, and the complications, of the innovative Virtual Dental Home program that uses dental hygienists and remote supervising diagnostic dentists.
In this response to Dr. Jay W. Friedman's Second Opinion, Dr. Paul Glassman provides additional insight into the Virtual Dental Home model and the need to try different approaches to serving the large underserved population in the U.S.
Now that the importance of the oral cavity's pH is better understood, different oral health products reflecting its role in keeping teeth healthy are arriving on the market. Products include BasicBites, a sugar-free calcium chew that helps establish neutral pH, and a line of consumer and professional products from Colgate.
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News in Brief Roundup
Dental clinics open at Univ. of the Pacific
University of the Pacific's new San Francisco campus and home of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry has started seeing patients at its new dental clinics.
Caring for Colorado Foundation awards millions in grants
The Caring for Colorado Foundation has announced the awarding of $2.7 million in grants to more than 50 organizations throughout Colorado, including several focused on dental and oral healthcare.
Study finds link between perio disease, atherosclerosis
Chronic oral infection with the periodontal disease pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis not only causes local inflammation of the gums leading to tooth loss but is also associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis, according to a study in PLOS Pathogens.
Minn. Mission of Mercy event to provide free care in late July
The Minnesota Dental Association, the Minnesota Dental Foundation, and Delta Dental of Minnesota are teaming up to bring the Minnesota Mission of Mercy to southern Minnesota on Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26.
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