What's Happening in the World of Oral Health
August 2016Enough to Make You Sick: the Burden of Medical Debt (Dental Expenses p. 7) Demos
February 2014Community Water Fluoridation: The Top 10 and Bottom 10 States American Academy of Pediatrics
January 2016HPV Raises Head Cancer Risk Sevenfold, Study FindsNBC News
December 2015Time to lead on access to dental care The Patriot Ledger November 2015Fluoride and a physical: Patients see docs at the dentistSTATSeptember 2015 Bring dental care to where it's most neededThe Boston GlobeSeptember 2015 Dental diseases cost billions of dollars a year worldwideCBS NewsJuly 2015 A Killer Toothache: How U.S. Dental Care Became a National Emergency The Huffington Post November 2014Are the Concerns About Water Fluoridation Legit?FiveThirtyEight
August 2016HPC Policy Brief: Oral health care access and emergency department utilization for avoidable oral health conditions in MassachusettsMassachusetts Health Policy Commission January 2016 Vital Signs: Exposure to Electronic Cigarette Advertising Among Middle School and High School Students — United States, 2014CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report December 20152015 America's Annual Report Health Rankings (MA summary p. 103) The United Health Foundation
December 2015ADA Health Policy Institute publishes oral health fact sheet for all states, including Massachusetts
December 2015Important announcement from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry regarding dental assistant licensure September 2015BPHC testifies for hearings on H2062: An Act Relative to the Restoration of MassHealth Adult Dental Benefits and H1955: An Act Relative to Pupil Dental Health
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