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Explore our blog to find the stories, perspectives, and ideas that paint a picture of progress and change in oral health.
Veterans Deserve Dental Care: A Push for Policy Solutions
For far too many veterans, dental care is unaffordable and out of reach. Gaps in dental benefits and difficulty finding providers push many...
Winning on Water Fluoridation: Lessons from Louisiana and Connecticut
Despite community water fluoridation (CWF) being a safe and effective public health measure that has helped reduce tooth decay for decades, more...
Connecting the Dots: Two Innovative Approaches that Help Kids Access Care
For children across the US, accessing oral health care has its obstacles. The main one? “They don’t have a choice in the matter,” says Stacy...
Aging Out: A Story of an Adult with Disabilities Trying to Find Oral Care
Victoria Neely noticed that her son Joshua was having some behavioral issues when he was in elementary school. She wasn’t sure why. When she took...
Better Health Through Oral Health: Four Takeaways (and Four Questions) from the Primary Care Collaborative Conference
“We leave dental out all the time. It makes no sense.” “The mouth is the gateway to the body, so focusing on oral health has great impact on...
Seeking Comments: Let’s Elevate Oral Health in the National Interoperability Conversation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have made it clear that patients must be at the center of our digital ecosystem and are...
Voices from the Field: A Student Perspective on OPEN Hill Day
OPEN Hill Day brought more than 90 members from across the US to Capitol Hill to meet with legislators about prioritizing oral health in their...
New Study Shows Costly Consequences for States Banning Fluoride
An issue historically left to local governments is now drawing attention from some state and federal leaders — and the outcome could affect our...
Voices from the Field: Mary Lynne Davis on Improving Pediatric Oral Health Outcomes
Early in her career as a dental assistant, Mary Lynne Davis, CRDH, had the privilege of working with a dentist who was deeply committed to...
‘They’ve done so much for us. Why aren’t we taking care of them?’
It’s a nationwide problem for our nation’s heroes: Veterans struggle to get access to oral health care. For a veteran to get dental benefits from...
One Word and Three Takeaways from NOHC 2025
Uncertainty? Yes, plenty of that. Apprehension? A bit. Anxiety? There was some of that too. None of those words, though, sum up the mood,...
Voices from the Field: Dr. Jessica Robertson on Providing Care in Rural Areas
For Jessica Robertson, DMD, relocating from Southern California to rural Arizona has taken some adjusting. “Moving to a small town was quite...