More than usual, this month, I’ve been thinking about our commitment to increase access to dental services to keep more people achieving and maintaining optimal oral health because, on april first, we celebrated the third anniversary of Medicaid dental benefits being...
With the passage of time since the pandemic, it’s important for us to take stock of the state of dental care utilization post-COVID-19. The pandemic created a major setback in access to oral healthcare and as one of the country’s largest dental providers, it is our...
Dental Assistants Recognition Week™ During the first full week of March each year, we pay tribute to dental assistants. Dental Assistants Recognition Week™ was created in 1977 by the American Dental Assistants Association (ADAA) to recognize the vital role that dental...
National Fluoride Day was celebrated on January 25, the tenth anniversary of its first annual observance, as a day to highlight the importance and benefits of fluoride to oral hygiene. Fluoride strengthens the hard outer surface of our teeth and can even help reverse...
A local food pantry recently asked if anyone would be willing to donate toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss so that those items could be included in the stockings that would be distributed the week before Christmas. We receive a lot of requests for oral health...
Delta Dental Plans Association ( DDPA) recently unveiled its 2022 Preventive Dental Care Study, the largest and longest running study of its kind, now in its 13th year. Surveying over 2,000 patients, the study assesses whether insureds are receiving recommended...
As summer days wind down, we’re reminded that it will soon be time for our children to return to school. Good oral health has a positive impact on a child’s development and overall health. We believe that every child deserves a healthy smile as they head off to school...
In a recently published study conducted by Delta Dental Plans Association, the 2023 State of America’s Oral Health and Wellness Report, data collected revealed that although oral health is considered a critical component of overall health, there are generational...
“Every hour, 24 hours a day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the back of the oral cavity and upper throat). Yet if oral cancer is detected and treated early, treatment-related problems are reduced, and survival rates may...
Northeast Delta Dental was one of five Delta Dental member companies that showed the best performances in the 2021 Delta Dental Oral Healthcare Measures Study. This is Delta Dental’s longest running oral health study, now in its twelfth year. This study gives member...
