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DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider
July 31, 2012
Dental Education
Mixed reviews for ADA's midlevel provider analysis
Reactions to the ADA's midlevel provider economic feasibility reports released July 25 have ranged from allegations that the report uses inflated costs and ignores the public health program's existing infrastructure to a general consensus that the ADA has taken a positive first step in an evidence-based evaluation of the issues.
July 26, 2012
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July 24, 2012
Periodontics
ADA reports question economic viability of midlevel providers
The midlevel dental provider model is not economically realistic or sustainable, according to a series of reports released today by the ADA. But a Minnesota program that is tracking the productivity of its dental therapists begs to differ.
July 24, 2012
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Oral Cancer
Does racial bias exist in laryngeal cancer treatment?
Although the use of nonsurgical larynx preservation therapy for laryngeal cancer seems to be increasing, racial disparities remain, most notably among black patients with stage IV disease, according to a study in the Archives of Otolaryngology.
July 19, 2012
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Oral Cancer
More studies link oral sex with head/neck cancer
A growing body of evidence shows that oral sex is linked to the rising rate of head and neck cancer in young people, particularly oropharyngeal cancer, according to a study in Head & Neck Oncology.
July 15, 2012
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Dental Education
ADA political spending hits all-time high
The ADA and its state chapters have become major players on the U.S. political scene, spending $39 million since 1999 to influence lawmakers and legislation, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, a nonpartisan campaign-research group.
July 5, 2012
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Dental Education
IADR sessions examine dental fear and anxiety
Several presentations at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) meeting last week in Brazil focused on dental fear and anxiety, including anxiety in children with toothaches, anxiety in patients undergoing implant surgery, and whether fear of pain is inherited.
June 27, 2012
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Dental Education
PBS documentary spotlights 'ruptured' oral care system
A documentary that aired last night on the PBS "Frontline" program took a long, hard look at a "ruptured" dental care system in which the poor have little access to care outside of jammed public clinics and hospital emergency rooms and are increasingly turning to corporate dental chains.
June 26, 2012
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Insurance
Texas dental Medicaid scandal far from over
Three executives associated with Texas' Medicaid dental program have retired or quit in the wake of an ongoing scandal involving fraud and overbilling related to orthodontics and transportation. Now there are reports of similar abuses of the state's Medicaid system related to hundreds of thousands of crowns placed in young children.
June 24, 2012
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