Blog Posts
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...
Oral Health Day 2022: Equity in Action Recap
This year’s Oral Health Day was a tremendous success! Oral Health Day 2022 centered the...
What is a Root Canal?
A root canal is a dental procedure in which the soft center of the tooth...
Sneak Peek: Oral Health Day 2022: Equity in Action
Oral Health Day will look different this year. As the first two-day Oral Health Day...
What is Single-Payer Health Care?
On March 28, 2022, the Poor People’s Campaign held its first Moral Monday march in...
Mental Health and Oral Health
At NCOHC, we see integrated care structures at the center of a more equitable, accessible...
