Blog Posts
Welcoming NCOHC’s New Program Coordinator
This month NCOHC welcomed a new Program Coordinator. As Sarah Heenan joins the team, we...
An Economic Argument for Preventive Care
We’d like to start off this blog post with a quote from the Terry Pratchett...
Proposed Legislation Would Formalize Teledentistry and Allow Hygienists to Administer Local Dental Anesthesia
On February 24, 2021, Senator Jim Perry and Representative Donny Lambeth filed legislation in the...
The New HPI Report – NCOHC’s Perspective
What does “access” really mean? The American Dental Association Health Policy Institute (HPI) released a...
Envisioning Preventive Bundled Payments
Hannah Cheung is a second-year graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in Public Health, and...
A Quick Summary of the New ADA HPI Report on Oral Health Access for Medicaid-Insured Patients
Haven’t had time to read the new HPI Report analyzing access for children and adults...
The New HPI Report: A conversation with NC Medicaid Dental Officer Dr. Mark Casey
At the beginning of the new year, the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute released...
Creating a vaccine to saves lives: How HPV vaccines are revolutionizing cervical cancer prevention
In the early 1990s, cervical cancer was the most common cancer among women. Today, it...
Breaking Down the Oral-COVID Connection So Far
If it isn’t clear by now, COVID-19 is not just another flu. In November, the...