by Darren Edwards | Oct 24, 2022 | Journal Article
Claims data can be used to estimate burden of dental disease for a population who receives dental care, according to researchers from CareQuest Institute and Marquette University School of Dentistry in an article in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. Typically,...
by Darren Edwards | Aug 16, 2022 | Journal Article
A new article, co-authored by CareQuest Institute researchers, stresses the importance of dental hygiene and treatment of gum disease to prevent nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP). Researchers found that Medicaid beneficiaries who had received a...
by Darren Edwards | Jul 18, 2022 | Journal Article
An article in the American Journal of Infection Control, co-authored by CareQuest Institute researchers, examines the impact of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP) among Medicaid enrollees. NVHAP occurs in about 1 out of every 100 hospitalized patients...
by Darren Edwards | Jun 22, 2022 | Journal Article
A new article in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry (JPHD) explains how the Oral Health Progress and Equity Network (OPEN) approaches systemic and institutional racism to address oral health inequities. The article is included in JPHD’s special issue about...
by Darren Edwards | May 17, 2022 | Journal Article
This article, by researchers at CareQuest Institute and the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, shows that nearly one-quarter of dentists surveyed are using teledentistry and 93% expect teledentistry to lead to a long-term change in how they practice....
by Darren Edwards | May 2, 2022 | Journal Article
A new study from CareQuest Institute and the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, the first to use the Dental Trust Scale (DTS) in the United States, found that dental trust was significantly higher in patients who have a regular dentist and said they...
