APA coordinates donated health & dental care for low-income, uninsured Alaskans.
11/14/2025
Bruxism is when you clench, grind or gnash your teeth. It usually happens subconsciously, either during waking hours or when you’re asleep. Causes include stress, anxiety, sleep disorders and certain medications. Most people who grind their teeth can ease symptoms with a custom mouth guard.
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Left untreated, bruxism can cause jaw pain and dental damage. Learn more about treatments that can help you stop grinding your teeth.
11/07/2025
Dental anxiety is common, but there are ways to help you manage it. Dental phobia is less common, and your dentist might need to work with your doctor and other health professionals to manage it. If anxiety prevents you from going to the dentist, there are things that can help you cope. Talk to your dentist about the options that are right for you. You may need to speak to a psychologist or counsellor to help you deal with your anxiety.
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Dental anxiety is common, but there are ways to help you manage it. Talk to your dentist about the strategies that are right for you.
10/28/2025
A healthcare provider or mental health professional will diagnose suicidal ideation after asking you a series of questions to learn more about your thoughts of su***de. While there are several types of suicidal ideation assessments and questionnaires, there isn’t a specific suicidal ideation test to predict whether you’re going to harm yourself. The goal of a diagnosis is to help your provider learn more about what’s going on, including the cause of the suicidal ideation, so they can help you treat it.
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We can’t always control our thoughts, but we can reach out for help when thoughts are severe or distressing. Learn more here.
10/28/2025
Saliva helps prevent tooth decay by washing away sugar and food particles and making bacteria neutral and less harmful. When you don't have enough saliva, you may find it harder to taste, chew and swallow. You also may have a hard time digesting food.
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With this condition, also known as xerostomia, the salivary glands in the mouth don't make enough saliva to keep the mouth wet.
10/21/2025
The acids from bacteria remove minerals in your tooth's hard, outer enamel. This erosion causes tiny openings or holes in the enamel, the first stage of cavities. Once areas of enamel are worn away, the bacteria and acid can reach the next layer of your teeth, called dentin. This layer is softer than enamel and less resistant to acid, causing your teeth to be more sensitive.
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These areas in the hard surface of your teeth are tiny openings or holes due to damage from tooth decay. This can lead to pain, infection and tooth loss.
10/21/2025
It's normal to have some days when you feel down. But if you feel down for days at a time and you can't get motivated to do activities you normally enjoy, see your health care provider. This is especially important if your sleep patterns and appetite have changed, you turn to alcohol for comfort or relaxation, or you feel hopeless or think about su***de.
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This type of depression is related to changes in seasons and begins and ends at about the same times every year.
10/14/2025
Dry mouth is when the salivary glands in the mouth don't make enough saliva to keep the mouth wet. Dry mouth often is due to aging, the side effects of certain medicines or radiation therapy for cancer. Less often, a condition directly affecting the salivary glands can cause dry mouth. You also may experience dry mouth temporarily if you are thirsty or feel anxious about something.
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With this condition, also known as xerostomia, the salivary glands in the mouth don't make enough saliva to keep the mouth wet.
10/14/2025
Suicidal ideation (suicidal thoughts) are thoughts or ideas centered around death or su***de. Experiencing suicidal ideation doesn’t mean you’re going to kill yourself, but it can be a warning sign. Treatment is available.
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We can’t always control our thoughts, but we can reach out for help when thoughts are severe or distressing. Learn more here.
10/08/2025
Lives Changed - The Libby Group Community Dental Day 2025 with Anchorage Project Access
Anchorage Project Access was thrilled to partner with The Libby Group as they provided free dental services to over 30 Alaskans, including 9 APA patients in ...
10/07/2025
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons, SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. These symptoms often resolve during the spring and summer months. Less often, SAD causes depression in the spring or early summer and resolves during the fall or winter months.
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This type of depression is related to changes in seasons and begins and ends at about the same times every year.
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Anchorage Project Access is a local replication of a national model that has proven to improve health outcomes and reduce emergency room charity care costs in many communities. Residing fiscally and administratively under the nonprofit structure of Christian Health Associates, the project was founded and brought to the implementation stage through the collaborative efforts of many community stakeholders, including the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, a group of local physicians, Providence Health System in Alaska Community Benefit Program, the Rasmuson Foundation, United Way of Anchorage, Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, The Foraker Group, Christian Health Associates, Municipality of Anchorage DHHS, Alaska Primary Care Association, State of Alaska DHSS, and Alaska Health Fair.
A physician-led initiative, APA and the volunteer provider network saw its first client in December 2005. Services provided by APA staff include all “back office” functions, such as enrollment, screening, and referral of patients to physicians; making patient appointments; phoning clients prior to appointments and ensuring access to transportation; maintaining physician relationships; providing physician recognition, and tracking and analyzing patient data.
The volunteer network provides the medical services, accepting and treating APA-referred patients as any other insured patients. Anchorage Project Access is founded on the premise that all participating patients have a primary care home. In addition to income eligibility, in order to receive services from APA, the patient must have a medical need. Patients must see their primary care provider, or be assigned and have a visit with one, before being referred to sub-specialty care: primary care physicians provide acute and chronic illness care. They refer to sub-specialty colleagues for consultation and interventions.
APA added the planned pharmacy component to the client services through an agreement with Carrs/Safeway pharmacies. Project Access patients receive medication assistance cards honored by Carrs/Safeway pharmacy (patients whose primary medical home is the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center receive their medications through the ANHC pharmacy program). The program uses a limited formulary, emphasizing generic medications, and limiting expenditures for any one participant to $800 per year for medications.
