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California Healthline: More Calif. Adults Seek Dental Care at Hospital Emergency Departments
More Californians in recent years have sought dental care at emergency departments because of cuts to Medi-Cal dental benefits or the loss of private dental insurance, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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KBIA Public Radio: Why Missouri Is Falling Short on Children's Dental Health
The Pew Charitable Trust recently released a report or oral health that didn’t speak too highly of Missouri. On an A through F scale, it gave the state a D for its efforts to provide access to dental sealants for high-need kids. more
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- Media Coverage
The Yakima Herald: Declining State Dental Benefits Create Issues of Access, Cost
Washington state ended its basic dental coverage for Medicaid-eligible adults in January 2011. Proponents for restoring the coverage say the lack of preventive care for the uninsured has driven up costs for those who have coverage, and forced those without coverage to have their dental health deteriorate into even more costly situations. more
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- Media Coverage
- Children's Dental Campaign
The Patriot-News: Pennsylvania Gets a D for Programs to Prevent Tooth Decay in Children
Pennsylvania has received a D for its efforts to protect low-income children from tooth decay. The grade comes from the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit that identifies problems within the states and promotes solutions. more
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- Media Coverage
- Children's Dental Campaign
The Gazette: Iowa Receives 'C' Grade in Dental Health Report
Iowa scores right in the middle in a new report that grades states on preventing tooth decay, according to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. more
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- Media Coverage
- Children's Dental Campaign
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: State Among 5 With High Grade on Child Dental Sealants
Wisconsin is among the five states in the country with the most extensive programs to place dental sealants - plastic coatings applied to the chewing surface of molars to prevent tooth decay - in children, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. more
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- Media Coverage
- Children's Dental Campaign
The Times-Picayune: Report Gives Louisiana a 'D' for Quality of Dental Care for Poor Kids
Louisiana got poor marks for the availability of programs to provide crucial dental care to low-income children, according to a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts. more
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- Media Coverage
- Children's Dental Campaign
WLRN Public Radio: Amazing Sealants Defeat Childhood Tooth Decay But Does Florida Care? Study Says 'No'
Florida is missing a cheap and easy bet for improving the dental health of its children, according to a new survey from the Pew Charitable Trusts more
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- Media Coverage
- Children's Dental Campaign
WFSU Public Radio: Poor Access to Kids' Dental Care Costing Fla. Taxpayers
Florida, along with most U.S. states, is failing to prevent tooth decay in children in a key way, according to a report the nonprofit Pew Charitable Trusts released on Tuesday. more
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- Opinion
- Children's Dental Campaign
Dr. Bicuspid: A Response to ADA's 'Scientific Study' of Dental Therapists
Opinion: The results of the ADA study published in the January 2013 Journal of the American Dental Association do nothing to discredit the utilization of dental therapists in the workforce in their traditional role of providing care for children in school-based programs. more
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- Media Coverage
- Children's Dental Campaign
The Deseret News: No Teeth Means No Job
How poor oral health impacts job prospects and why the poor have a hard time getting adequate care. more
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- Press Release
- Children's Dental Campaign
Dental Problems Affect School Performance
In this video, a teacher and a high school student share their experiences with how dental problems affect the classroom. Community water fluoridation and dental sealants are two of the cost-effective ways for states to prevent decay so children are more likely to stay in school and perform better in class.
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New Hampshire Takes Strong First Step to Improve Access to Dental Care and Overcome State's Dentist Shortage
Last week, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed into law Senate Bill 284, which enables the state to take a strong first step toward reducing the barriers to dental care by expanding the scope of services that dental hygienists can perform after they are certified by the Board of Dental Examiners.. more
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- Project Update
- Children's Dental Campaign
Water Fluoridation: What the Science Says
Several individuals with extensive knowledge of public health research share their conclusions about water fluoridation based on the scientific evidence. more
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- Analysis
- Children's Dental Campaign
Slideshow: New Types of Dental Providers in Alaska Help Close the Access Gap
Learn more about how dental health aide therapists (DHATs) serve Alaska’s tribal communities. more
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December 8, 2011
Bill Maas: Water Fluoridation
Dr. Bill Maas, a dental policy expert and advisor to the Pew Children’s Dental Campaign, talks about how fluoride helps improve dental health and what’s at stake.
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November 11, 2011
Water Fluoridation: Frequently Asked Questions
The Pew Children’s Dental Campaign supports water fluoridation because it’s one of the most cost effective strategies for states and communities to improve the oral health of their residents. Although a number of communities in the U.S. have been fluoridating their
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September 15, 2011
Shelly Gehshan: The Gap in Dental Care
Shelly Gehshan discusses the gap in dental care and how, nationwide, more than 16 million children go without seeing a dentist each year.
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September 8, 2011
Improving Dental Care in Minnesota
Minnesota is expanding access to dental care with new types of dental health providers. more
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- Analysis
- Children's Dental Campaign
Reimbursing Physicians for Fluoride Varnish
For young children, the medical office is an ideal place to deliver a set of preventive dental services—including the application of fluoride varnish.
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