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Advocacy Spotlight: Sen. Sam Singh, Mda Legislator Of The Year, Neema Katibai Jd May 2024

Advocacy Spotlight: Sen. Sam Singh, Mda Legislator Of The Year, Neema Katibai Jd

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Sen. Sam Singh, Michigan Senate Majority Floor Leader and MDA Legislative Achievement Award recipient, discusses oral health priorities and legislative successes. In an interview, Singh highlights the passage of SB 280, which ensures oral health assessments for kindergarteners, and SB 281, which enhances network leasing transparency. Singh emphasizes the importance of oral health in overall well-being and bipartisan support for these initiatives. He credits the Michigan Dental Association for its advocacy and advises dentists to engage in advocacy through associations and direct communication with elected officials.


J Mich Dent Assoc August 2022 Aug 2022

J Mich Dent Assoc August 2022

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Monthly, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association brings news, information, and feature articles to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members. No publication reaches more Michigan dentists! In this August 2022 issue, the reader will find the following original content:

  • A cover story on choosing to partner with a Dental Service Organization (DSO)
  • A conversation with three dentists on how and why they are involved with organized dentistry.
  • A 10-Minute EBD on the efficacy of vacuum-formed removable orthodontic retainers
  • News you need, an Editorial, a report from our ADA Trustee and regular department articles, Dentistry and …


Oral Health For Older Adults: Policy Barriers And Opportunities, Stephanie De Sam Lazaro, Juliette Kline Nov 2021

Oral Health For Older Adults: Policy Barriers And Opportunities, Stephanie De Sam Lazaro, Juliette Kline

Occupational Therapy Faculty Scholarship

Tooth decay and gum disease are two of the most common chronic health conditions in the United States, are reversible and preventable, and impact approximately 68% of older adults nationwide (CDC, 2021; World Health Organization, 2020). While the Affordable Care Act added provisions to health prevention services, oral health prevention coverage was only included for children, leaving many adults and older adults without coverage (Nasseh & Vujicic, 2017). The research team used a rapid review process using 17 key search term combinations to identify literature in three medical databases (PubMed, CINAHL, and Consumer Health Complete) to identify system and policy …


Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Reforming Organized Dentistry To Address Persistent Oral Health Disparities In The U.S., Aparna Chintapalli Jan 2019

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Reforming Organized Dentistry To Address Persistent Oral Health Disparities In The U.S., Aparna Chintapalli

Pomona Senior Theses

The importance of oral health has been largely neglected from the conventional standards of healthcare in terms of public understanding & prioritization, the industrial infrastructure, and the scope of prevention & early-intervention services. Its adjunctive locus to the field of medicine has lead to the bifurcation of the oral cavity from the rest of the human body. As a result of this divide, there have been multiple factors that have allowed socially stratified oral health outcomes to manifest. This thesis examines the determinants of oral health disparities through a multidisciplinary lens (i.e. biology, public policy, infrastructure), and offers evidence of …


Dental Service Utilization In An Academic Setting: An Analysis For Improved Oral Health, Paula R. Sandford Jan 2011

Dental Service Utilization In An Academic Setting: An Analysis For Improved Oral Health, Paula R. Sandford

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

The National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) is the result of a collaborative effort between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors which is designed to monitor aspects of oral health and disease on both a national and state level. The NOHSS ranks Kentucky at or near the bottom in most oral health indicators. The primary message of the Surgeon General’s May 2000 report on Oral Health in America was to emphasize the link between oral health and overall health including the effect on day‐to‐day activities such as work and school …


Fluoridation Facts: Answers To Questions About Fluoridation (1974), American Dental Association Jan 1974

Fluoridation Facts: Answers To Questions About Fluoridation (1974), American Dental Association

Patient Dental Health Education Brochures

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Fluoridation For Your Community And Your State (1969), American Dental Association, Donald R. Mcneil Phd Jan 1969

Fluoridation For Your Community And Your State (1969), American Dental Association, Donald R. Mcneil Phd

Patient Dental Health Education Brochures

No abstract provided.


Fluoridation Facts: Answers To Criticisms Of Fluoridation (1967), American Dental Association Jan 1967

Fluoridation Facts: Answers To Criticisms Of Fluoridation (1967), American Dental Association

Patient Dental Health Education Brochures

No abstract provided.


Blueprint For Dental Health (1947), American Dental Association. Bureau Of Public Relations Jan 1947

Blueprint For Dental Health (1947), American Dental Association. Bureau Of Public Relations

Patient Dental Health Education Brochures

No abstract provided.