Improving Lives Through Oral Health
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Oral Cancer Awareness Month April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, an annual initiative to promote the prevention and early detection of these cancers. Oral cancer accounts for approximately three percent of all cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, and it is anticipated that about 58,500 Americans will be newly diagnosed with oral cancer in 2024.
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month During Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month, we are encouraged to help spread information about esophageal cancer. Although esophageal cancer is considered a rare disease, more people die each year from this cancer than from melanoma, skin cancer, or cervical cancer. Esophageal cancer is often diagnosed later than other cancers, so it is important to help patients understand its risk factors.
Does Dental Education Need a Fail Forward Mindset? The dental education community is still struggling to achieve consensus on what constitutes a 21st-century dental education.
Oral Health Is Essential to Veteran Productivity and Well-Being Nearly 600,000 veterans reported productivity loss in the past year due to oral health problems, according to a report from CareQuest Institute and the American Institute of Dental Public Health. The report finds that lack of access to dental care leads to significant losses in productivity time and money for veterans and their employers.
Maybe It’s Time to Advance Dentists as Primary Care Providers With a better understanding of the oral-systemic link, reorienting dental education to better integrate dentistry into primary healthcare could lead to better health outcomes. A study that is being published in the June issue (Volume 45) of the Journal of Dentistry examines the need to enhance dental education to graduate dentists who embrace an expanded role as primary care providers.
HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025 Final Rule Allowing States to Add Routine Non-Pediatric Dental Benefits as Essential Health Benefits (EHBs)
Dental Use and Spending in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare, 2010-2021 Dental care improves health for older US adults.1 However, traditional Medicare (TM) rarely provides dental coverage. Up to 97% of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer dental coverage,2 but little is known about plan composition or how beneficiaries use dental services.
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Decreases Effectiveness of Chemotherapy, OU Health Sciences Research Reveals in First-of-Its-Kind Study People who are diagnosed with head and neck cancer often receive a standard type of chemotherapy as part of their treatment. If they are exposed to secondhand smoke during chemotherapy—even if they have never smoked themselves—the treatment may be far less effective at killing cancer cells.
Resolution Honoring NIDCR’s 75th Anniversary Passed in the US Senate The United States Senate introduced and passed with unanimous support a resolution recognizing NIDCR’s 75th anniversary that hailed its critical role in improving the dental, oral, and craniofacial health of the United States through research, training, and the dissemination of health information
HELEN: The Journal of Human Exceptionality – The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place.- Helen Keller HELEN is the ONLY journal created for ALL disabilities. Endorsed by the three national, interdisciplinary IDD organizations - AADMD (American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry), AADM (American Academy of Developmental Medicine) and AADD (American Academy of Developmental Dentistry). The featured article of this month’s issue is insomnia in autism and related disabilities.
Santa Fe Group Secures Grant From CareQuest Institute to Launch Coalition to Advocate for Oral Health Care Policy Reform CareQuest Institute for Oral Health has awarded a grant of $125,000 to the Santa Fe Group to establish a center to identify key issues facing the dental profession, prepare policy statements, and develop advocacy strategies to inform key partners about these important topics. The Coalition for Oral Health Policy (COHP), a nonpartisan group of high-impact individuals and organizations, aims to increase equity and access in oral health care across the United States through policy reform.
Nader Nadershahi Reappointed to the California Health Workforce Education and Training Council On March 13, Nader Nadershahi, D.D.S, M.B.A., Ed.D., Dean of the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, was reappointed by California governor Gavin Newsom to the California Health Workforce Education and Training Council, an appointment that Dr. Nadershahi has held since 2021.
Dr. Judith Haber Appointed to Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts™ Initiative OHNEP Executive Director Judith Haber, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., F.A.A.N., has been appointed to the National Scientific Advisory Group of the American Heart Association’s Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts™ initiative, funded by and developed in collaboration with Delta Dental. This $14,000,000 project aims to improve the oral health and total health of patients nationwide by expanding access to equitable, integrated health care, as well as advance efforts to educate clinicians and patients on the connection between heart health and oral health.

The Santa Fe Group is proud to partner with Colgate Oral Health Network for Professional Education and Development to host a series of Live CE Webinars in 2024. Registration is open for our next webinar, which will be held on May 30, 2024! Join us to learn from our members and scholars with an upcoming discussion of best practices for fostering medical-dental integration.

Accelerating Best Practice in Medical-Dental Integration

This one-hour webinar will explore oral health interventions in primary care education and practice, the integration of primary care screenings into dental practices, and access to shared data to support a patient-centered, integrated approach to health care. May 30, 2024, at 7 p.m. ET

PRESENTERS:Anita Glicken, M.S.W.; Tim Ricks, D.M.D., M.P.H., F.I.C.D., F.A.C.D., F.P.F.A.; and Solomon Brotman, D.D.S., M.A.G.D.

PRELUDE TO THE SFG’s SALON 2021 Webinar Series

Part of the Santa Fe Group’s Continuum on the Benefits of Integrating Oral Health Into Overall Health, this 4-part series offers webinars to stimulate further thought and collaborations to contribute to health care strategies for integrating oral health into overall health care.

Learning from Health System Initiatives: What Can Be Done to Scale Up Integration? (Part 3 of the 4-Part “Prelude to the Salon 2021” Webinar Series)
Actions are being taken by and within health systems to emphasize primary care, including oral health care. This session will explore lessons learned from three initiatives in community and primary care health system practice settings. Clinician, health care administration, and health policy leaders will describe their experiences and discuss strategies for the future.

PRESENTERS: Patricia Braun, M.D., M.P.H; GregNycz, and Michel J. Helgeson, D.D.S.

2024 OSAP Annual Conference

Participants will discover the latest scientific information and new and exciting possibilities and solutions to challenges impacting their organizations.

THIS IN-PERSON EVENT WILL BE HELD ON MAY 29 – JUNE 2, 2024, WITH A PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON MAY 29, 2024, IN TUCSON, AZ

Great Oral Health Pitch Event

The Great Oral Health Pitch program—a series of educational webinars and in-person “practice pitch” nationwide events—provides an educational environment to help entrepreneurs elevate their innovative ideas into a successful business pitch.

Attendees also have an opportunity to win a grand prize worth more than $50,000 in launch marketing materials, cash, networking opportunities, and more.

THIS IN-PERSON EVENT WILL BE HELD ON MAY 18, 2024, FROM 9:30 a.m. TO 12:30 p.m., AT THE ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER IN ANAHEIM, CA

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