/tags/dentistry Dentistry en-US Copyright Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:47:32 GMT /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 /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 /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 /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 /health/2020-05-20/some-nc-dentists-reopen-with-more-precautions Some dental offices in North Carolina are starting to reopen.The CDC and the American Dental Association recommend that patients wait in their cars and… Wed, 20 May 2020 13:08:25 GMT /health/2020-05-20/some-nc-dentists-reopen-with-more-precautions Celeste Gracia /education/2017-03-16/dentist-on-wheels-driving-smiles-to-kids-in-rural-nc On a recent morning, two third-graders from New Hanover County get their teeth cleaned and examined in the dentist's office that's parked next to a… Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:30:00 GMT /education/2017-03-16/dentist-on-wheels-driving-smiles-to-kids-in-rural-nc Lisa Philip /news/2016-04-19/making-a-friendship-why-north-carolina-students-set-out-to-help-children-in-the-middle-east When Ali Heydari was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a productive member of society. He just didn't know what he wanted to do. He flipped burgers at… Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:07:58 GMT /news/2016-04-19/making-a-friendship-why-north-carolina-students-set-out-to-help-children-in-the-middle-east Jorge Valencia /news/2016-02-09/a-year-after-chapel-hill-shootings-families-use-house-to-create-community-counter-islamophobia When Deah Barakat was an undergraduate at NC State University, his father bought him a white house about five miles from campus. But Deah, who lived with… Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:05:03 GMT /news/2016-02-09/a-year-after-chapel-hill-shootings-families-use-house-to-create-community-counter-islamophobia Jorge Valencia /show/the-state-of-things/2015-04-23/the-history-of-the-smile A white-toothed smile is a gesture that many likely engage in dozens of times a day without thought. Historian Colin Jones traced the history of the smile… Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:18:17 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-04-23/the-history-of-the-smile Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-04-23/the-history-of-the-smile A white-toothed smile is a gesture that many likely engage in dozens of times a day without thought. Historian Colin Jones traced the history of the smile… Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:18:17 GMT /arts-culture/2015-04-23/the-history-of-the-smile Anita Rao, Frank Stasio