Tag: dentistry
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Beshear lays out plan for improving Kentucky’s health, with specific goals and largely administrative strategies
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear set seven specific, numerical goals Thursday for improving Kentucky’s “dismal” health status, which he said is hurting the state’s education, productivity,...
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Oral health care for the poor in Kentucky suffers under managed care as dentists leave Medicaid; how about your county?
Kentucky’s serious oral-health problems are getting worse because fewer dentists are participating in the Medicaid program — a result of “new paperwork issues compounding Medicaid’s reputation” for low payments to...
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Brushing teeth twice a day, two minutes at a time, is the way to prevent cavities, a new campaign advises
Kids should brush their teeth twice a day for two whole minutes at a time, a new public-service campaign urges. The “Kids’ Healthy Mouths” campaign includes TV spots, print ads,...
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Looking for ‘a few short-term wins’ to start, Kentucky Oral Health Coalition formally reorganizes
By Amy Wilson Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, July 25 – There was no whitewashing the ruinous state of the state’s teeth Wednesday when the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition formally reorganized...
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Lacking money, insurance and dentists, oral health takes a back seat, and many rural areas are barely on the bus
A dentist works at a Remote Area Medical Clinic in Wise, Va.(Associated Press photo by Steve Helber) Dr. Nikki Stone is a dentist who works in Hazard, Ky., at a...
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New oral health coalition expected to spur changes in state
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News For the past 30 years, Dr. Fred Howard of Harlan has been seating patients in his blue dental chair and telling them to open...
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Diabetes can cause gum disease and tooth decay
Though it’s commonly known that diabetes can affect organ function and eyesight, an oral-health expert points out that the disease can also cause tooth decay and gum disease. “Diabetics with...
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Like nurse practitioners in medical field, dental profession needs mid-level providers, expert argues
With 50 million Americans living in poor or rural areas where there are no dentists to go to — and that number expected to rise by more than 5 million...
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Effort to boost oral health in nursing homes gets tangled up with industry’s attempt to insulate itself from lawsuits; both bills die
A bill to get nursing-home residents better dental services “appears to be dead after the Senate added language from another bill designed to shield the nursing-home industry from litigation,” Deborah...
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State starting free training for dentists in pediatric dentistry
One of the many problems with Kentucky’s oral health is that not enough dentists are willing to accept children as patients, or lack proficiency in treating children when they are...