October 23, 2023
On September 15, 2022, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to approve a new procedure code for the application of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) by medical professionals to arrest cavities. The addition of this code is a milestone in medical-dental integration and a step forward for oral health equity, providing access to this valuable treatment to millions of Americans who don’t see the dentist every year.
A new study concludes that although health care providers have reduced opioid prescriptions for acute or chronic pain for patients at high risk for substance use disorder (SUD) — including those with mental health disorders (MHD) — opioid use for pain management has remained at consistently high levels and there’s a need to revisit and amplify pain management guidelines for providers with patients receiving antidepression and antianxiety drugs.
What we know about cariology continues to evolve. New evidence, new treatments, and new innovations shape the way dental teams manage the disease.
How can providers apply this knowledge to provide personalized prevention recommendations for patients?
Assessing a patient’s risk for caries is a key component of preventive care that is critical to a patient’s overall health and well-being. Which assessment method is most effective? And how do you communicate risks in a way patients understand?
June 20, 2023
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but for two oral health care teams in North Carolina, it’s the numbers that are invaluable.
“Data gives you a concrete picture of your practice,” says Rebecca Sykes, DDS, the dental director for Wake County Department of Health and Human Services Dental Clinic, a local health department, in North Carolina.
A systematic review of self-assembling peptide P11-4, a brush-on treatment that uses a remineralization process to regenerate damaged enamel in initial caries lesions, found that the treatment successfully arrested non-cavitated caries lesions and decreased lesion size.