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MetLife Foundation gives oral health programs $1.1M
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
MetLife Foundation is awarding $1.1 million to two organizations focused on children and children's health to promote the importance of oral healthcare and teaching children and their families proper tooth-brushing techniques.
October 25, 2011
Survey: Younger kids still not seeing dentist enough
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Although child health experts recommend that children begin oral healthcare by age 1 or when their first teeth emerge, most U.S. children ages 1 to 2 have not yet started seeing a dentist, according to a new report.
October 24, 2011
Kan. clinic joins Smiles Across America network
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas in Pittsburg, KS, is the latest facility to join Smiles Across America, an Oral Health America program.
October 20, 2011
CDA journal addresses risk assessment, pediatric prevention
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The October issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association focuses on risk assessment and caries prevention, the California Dental Association (CDA) announced.
October 11, 2011
Utah practice honored for preventive care efforts
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Rand Mattson, DDS, and his hygienist, Diane Bosgieter, were honored yesterday as the Adult Preventive Care Practice of 2011 during the ADA's annual meeting in Las Vegas.
October 11, 2011
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Kohl's donates to Va. dental outreach program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Kohl's Department Stores has donated $92,308 to fund a dental outreach program at the Children's Hospital Foundation in Richmond, VA, according to a news story in the Richmond-Times Dispatch.
October 9, 2011
3M ESPE, Delta Dental support school sealant program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
3M ESPE and Delta Dental of Minnesota are helping support a school-based sealant initiative in Minnesota designed to improve the oral health of underinsured and uninsured children.
October 6, 2011
Some oral health efforts survive in U.S. 2012 budget
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Support for oral health programs at the federal level remains mixed following the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approval of a fiscal year 2012 funding bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, according to a bulletin from the Children's Dental Health Project.
September 25, 2011
Saskatchewan program to focus on kids' oral health
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The government of Saskatchewan in Canada is taking steps to improve children's oral health by increasing access to dental care, particularly preventive services for children at risk.
September 25, 2011
Expert offers tips to battle patients' sugar obsession
By Rabia Mughal
SAN FRANCISCO - America's daily sugar consumption has increased 20% in the last 35 years, with both adults and children consuming well above the recommended daily amount. Karen Davis, RDH, shared tips and tricks to change this trend and improve patients' oral and systemic health during a presentation Thursday at the California Dental Association fall session.
September 22, 2011
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UN summit focuses on oral health
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In a speech delivered September 19 in New York, Tanzanian President H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete urged the United Nations (U.N.) Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to address the challenge of oral health as a priority on the agenda.
September 21, 2011
OHA grants to fund Fla. school sealant program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oral Health America (OHA) has awarded a $20,000 Smiles Across America grant to CHS Healthcare of Collier County, FL, for an elementary school-based dental sealant program.
September 13, 2011
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