Tag: dental care
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Newly diagnosed diabetics treated for gum disease have lower health costs; shows need to integrate oral health and primary care
Newly diagnosed diabetics who are monitored and treated for gum disease have lower health-care costs, according to a study by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute. The study, published...
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First-year UK dental students give dental care to 388 elementary students in four counties through Seal Kentucky program
UK photo First-year University of Kentucky dental students provided basic dental care and sealants to 388 students this fall at participating elementary schools through the Seal Kentucky program, according to...
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Impact of Medicaid expansion and Kynect workers are discussed at Friedell Committee for Health’s annual meeting
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Medicaid expansion and Kynect, the state’s health insurance exchange, have transformed health care in Kentucky by providing health insurance to an additional 500,000 Kentuckians,...
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Smiling Schools tooth-varnish program expands to 10 more counties; now in 40
Kentucky’s Smiling Schools program is expanding to 10 more counties and will now provide its free preventive tooth varnishing treatments to children in 40 elementary schools, most in Appalachia, according...
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Dental outreach program in Eastern Ky. celebrates 10th year; has improved both oral health and Head Start treatment completion
The University of Kentucky, UK HealthCare and the UK North Fork Valley Community Health Center celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile dental program in Eastern Kentucky...
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State, dental schools start pilot program to forgive loans of dental graduates who set up practice in Appalachian Kentucky
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News ANNVILLE, Ky. – Two to five new graduates of Kentucky’s dental schools will each have up to $150,000 of their tuition debt forgiven if...
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Beshear, Rogers to announce loan-repayment program for new dentists who agree to set up practices in Eastern Kentucky
Rogers and Beshear at SOAR Strategy Summit in May Gov. Steve Beshear and 5th District U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers plan to announce an “initiative promoting sustained oral health and well-being in...
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Huge infographic offers facts about Kentucky’s oral health
The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition, a project of Kentucky Youth Advocates, recently released an infographic “Word of Mouth: The Importance of Oral Health in Kentucky” to offer some general awareness...
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More dental patients using ERs, showing lack of dental coverage, shortage of dentists and the stepchild status of oral health
More patients are going to hospital emergency rooms for dental care, illustrating how oral health remains the stepchild of the health system despite health-care reform. “An analysis of the most...
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UK students in national program to educate kids about oral health
A University of Kentucky undergraduate dental group was recently spotlighted by the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation for their passion to share oral-health education with elementary and middle schools in...