Tag: dentists
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Sick of all the bad facts about Kentucky’s health? Here’s encouraging news about oral health and drug treatment
Despite the plethora of bad news about Kentucky’s poor health status, there are many positive initiatives for Kentucky’s oral health and substance abuse treatment, which were stories buried under health...
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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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Research suggests dental therapists could provide care to Medicaid-eligible kids at terrific savings
The recent revitalization of the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition was a reminder that our state ranks 49th in dental health, behind only West Virginia. So was the news then Tuesday...
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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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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...
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Board of Dentistry’s relaxation of limits on hygienists is the latest sign of hope in Kentucky’s all-too-grim story of oral health
By Al Smith Kentucky Health News With nearly a fourth of Kentucky’s 1 million children living in poverty and suffering some of the worst oral health in America, the state...