Blog Posts
Thank you, Dr. Zachary Brian!
After four years as the director of NCOHC, Dr. Zachary Brian has taken the next...
The Political Determinants of Oral Health
Daniel E. Dawes began his 2020 book, “The Political Determinants of Health,” with a story...
Medicare Dental Services are Poised to Expand
A recent announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) signals a possible...
The Curb-Cut Effect in Oral Health
There are stories about “midnight raids” in the 1960s depicting disability rights advocates in Berkeley...
What We Know About Monkeypox from an Oral Health Perspective
As the monkeypox outbreak continues to spread, we sat down to explore what oral health...
How to Keep Your Gums Healthy, and Why It Matters
Teeth aren’t the only things in your mouth that need to be cared for. From...
An All-Too-Common Story of Need, Scarcity, and Oral Disease
She vividly remembers waking up with a swollen jaw, tooth pain that wouldn’t go away...
An Oral (Health) History of the HIV Epidemic
“It just kept happening, over and over and over again. Patients of record, patients I’d...
The Medicaid Access Gap for Children in North Carolina
It’s no secret that there is an oral health care access gap for North Carolinians...
