Dental Health /tags/dental-health Dental Health en-US Copyright Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:47:32 GMT Helping dentists get back to work in the wake of Helene /health/2024-10-31/dentists-helene The N.C. dental board adopted emergency measures to give dentists in western N.C. more flexibility to reopen offices. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:47:32 GMT /health/2024-10-31/dentists-helene Anne Blythe / NC Health News Dentists lobby for higher Medicaid reimbursement rates /health/2024-03-06/dentists-lobby-higher-medicaid-reimbursement-rates Even as Medicaid expansion has provided more low-income adults and their children access to oral health care, many dentists are not accepting them as patients. Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:46:06 GMT /health/2024-03-06/dentists-lobby-higher-medicaid-reimbursement-rates Anne Blythe / NC Health News High Point University’s new dental school will welcome its first cohort of students in the fall /education/2024-01-15/high-point-dental-school-workman-students-fall The Workman School of Dental Medicine is only one of three dental schools in North Carolina. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:34:53 GMT /education/2024-01-15/high-point-dental-school-workman-students-fall Sharryse Piggott East Carolina University’s dental school partners with University of Florida to serve rural areas /news/2024-01-10/east-carolina-universitys-dental-school-partners-university-of-florida-serve-rural-areas The dental schools at East Carolina University and the University of Florida received a research grant aimed at providing healthcare to rural areas in North Carolina. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:40:11 GMT /news/2024-01-10/east-carolina-universitys-dental-school-partners-university-of-florida-serve-rural-areas Sharryse Piggott Coronavirus Means New Normal For Dentists /news/2020-06-07/coronavirus-means-new-normal-for-dentists Since the coronavirus was classified as a pandemic, it has changed how the dental industry operates.North Carolina continues to slowly reopen and dentists… Mon, 08 Jun 2020 01:45:08 GMT /news/2020-06-07/coronavirus-means-new-normal-for-dentists Naomi P. Brown NC Dental Examiners Consider New Conscious Sedation Rules Following Deaths /health/2014-03-11/nc-dental-examiners-consider-new-conscious-sedation-rules-following-deaths The state Board of Dental Examiners is considering changes to rules about conscious sedation procedures after two deaths were tied to the practice.… Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:58:37 GMT /health/2014-03-11/nc-dental-examiners-consider-new-conscious-sedation-rules-following-deaths Will Michaels Report Shows Progress & Room For Improvement In Children's Dental Health /health/2013-07-22/report-shows-progress-room-for-improvement-in-childrens-dental-health A North Carolina Institute of Medicine task force released a new study on children's dental care in the state.Berkeley Yorkery, a project manager with the… Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:59:41 GMT /health/2013-07-22/report-shows-progress-room-for-improvement-in-childrens-dental-health Sam Sanders Pew Report Gives NC an "F" in Child Dental Care /health/2013-01-08/pew-report-gives-nc-an-f-in-child-dental-care North Carolina could be doing a better job of preventing tooth decay in children. A new Pew Center report gives the state an "F" for taking care of kids… Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:54:00 GMT /health/2013-01-08/pew-report-gives-nc-an-f-in-child-dental-care Eric Hodge