by Darren Edwards | Nov 18, 2024 | Journal Article
How Are Oral Health and Mental Health Connected? This peer-reviewed article in Preventing Chronic Disease, a journal sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, examines the interrelationships between depression, oral health, and socioeconomic...
by Darren Edwards | Nov 8, 2024 | Visual Report
Mpox (also known as monkeypox or MPX) lesions may first appear in the mouth or on the tongue and may appear before lesions on other areas of the body. This finding means that oral health providers may be the first health care professionals to detect signs of the mpox...
by Darren Edwards | Oct 28, 2024 | Visual Report
The Importance of Medical-Dental-Behavioral Integration for Pregnant People Given the relationship between oral health and mental health in individuals with a pregnancy history (and across the lifespan), a report from CareQuest Institute underscores an increasing need...
by Darren Edwards | Oct 24, 2024 | Journal Article
In this article in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, researchers investigated why oral health professionals selected and used various types of teledentistry. They found that the majority of teledentistry visits (76%) were synchronous audio (phone call). The...
by Darren Edwards | Oct 22, 2024 | Publication
Should Medicare and Medicaid Cover Dental Care? CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s annual State of Oral Health Equity in America survey asked over 9,000 adults about visiting a dentist and about dental benefits included in Medicaid and Medicare. Key findings from...
by Darren Edwards | Oct 7, 2024 | Visual Report
Links Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oral Health While children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be at a greater risk of poor oral health than children without ADHD, little is known about the oral health of adults...
