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In February of this year, North Carolina joined more than 20 other states who have authorized dentists to administer FDA-approved...

In the United States, the fee-for-service (FFS) payment model has been the dominant dental reimbursement system for decades. Unlike medicine,...

This map displays the status of dental services across North Carolina. NOTE: Information on hours of operation and services is...

Dental care management workforce models currently employed across the United States include general dental navigator models, the ADA-formalized Community Dental...

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These resources are meant to assist parents and children in developing good oral health routines at home. Print the Healthy...

Unfortunately, someone is killed by oropharyngeal cancer every hour in the US. These cancers, if detected early, can be treatable...

This map displays data detailing Tier 1 counties, counties with more than 21% of youth (ages 1-17) below the poverty...

  FHLI believes racism must end so that everyone in our society can be healthy. This is, and has been,...

Last year, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States, those of us at NCOHC were working to devise...

This month NCOHC welcomed a new Program Coordinator. As Sarah Heenan joins the team, we sat down with her to...

We’d like to start off this blog post with a quote from the Terry Pratchett novel, “Men at Arms.” The...

On February 24, 2021, Senator Jim Perry and Representative Donny Lambeth filed legislation in the North Carolina House and Senate...

What does “access” really mean? The American Dental Association Health Policy Institute (HPI) released a report earlier this year analyzing...

Hannah Cheung is a second-year graduate student pursuing her master's degree in Public Health, and master's degree in Dental Hygiene...

Haven’t had time to read the new HPI Report analyzing access for children and adults with Medicaid/CHIP insurance in North...

At the beginning of the new year, the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute released a new statewide report on...

In the early 1990s, cervical cancer was the most common cancer among women. Today, it has dropped to fourth place,...

If it isn’t clear by now, COVID-19 is not just another flu. In November, the New York Times published an...

As we navigate COVID-19, remote work, and social distancing, many of us are finding ourselves with extra time home from...

The ADA's oral health education resource, Mouth Healthy, offers a wide variety of resources for teens. From healthy brushing habits...

"Cavities (also known as caries or tooth decay) are one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood in the...

"Dental health (also called oral health) is the health of your mouth, teeth and gums. It’s an important part of...

March 2, 2021 CBS 17 Full article RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — With around 15,000 patients at his four locations, Dr. Brett...

February 10, 2021 WCCB Charlotte Full article CHARLOTTE, N.C.—In a new executive order put forward by Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday,...

February 10, 2021 Brittany Whitehead Full article RALEIGH, N.C. (WLOS)—During a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 9 in which Gov. Roy Cooper...

February 10, 2021 CARY—North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Executive Order #193 on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, formally incorporating dentists...

September 14, 2020 CARY—Ninety-eight of North Carolina’s 100 counties have now been designated as Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (Dental...

August 5, 2020 Teledentix Full article Catawba Valley Community College’s (CVCC) Department of Dental Hygiene recently selected Teledentix Enterprise to help...

July 13, 2020 Reflector Full article The chief dental director at Greene County Health Care, which includes the J.D. Bernstein Center...

April 29, 2020 Rural Horizons Full article While children and adolescents in the United States have shown substantial improvement in terms...

By Natalie Alms April 27, 2020 Salisbury Post Full article SALISBURY—Normally, if you have a toothache, you go to a dentist, clinic...

By Anne Blythe April 25, 2020 Metro City Q Full article If Zachary Brian, head of the North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative,...