Project Accessible Oral Health

03/31/2021

Texas A&M College of Dentistry is expanding its footprint in dentistry, filling in the gap, that patients with intellectual disabilities unfortunately endure, when it comes to their dental care.

The Texas A&M College of Dentistry is starting a special-needs dentistry program and plans to open a specialty clinic for teens and adults.

03/24/2021

Prosthetic dentist Vishnu Manohar used his skills and his interest in Legos to design a bionic arm.

The dentist confesses that there are, of course, long-term difficulties attached to mass production of the Lego arm, one of the primary ones being the practical challenge of obtaining spare parts in India.

03/20/2021

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03/19/2021

U.S. Rep. John Katko led an effort to urge the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand vaccine eligibility to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as the Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) who provide frontline services and support to these individuals.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) today led an effort to urge the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand vaccine eligibility to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as the Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) who provide frontline services...

03/17/2021

For the Dentistry Online podcast, Natalie Bradley describes her journey into special care dentistry and how she has adapted and overcome the obstacles of the pandemic.

Natalie Bradley describes her journey into special care dentistry and how she has adapted and overcome the obstacles of the pandemic.

03/12/2021

17 leading health and oral health organizations sent letters to the Biden Administration and to 39 Governors urging them to authorize 420,000 oral health professionals across the country to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in an effort to accelerate an end to this pandemic.

420,000 oral health professionals are uniquely situated to ensure underserved communities can access the vaccine

03/10/2021

Apple Tree Dental and the Minnesota Department of Human Services have opened a first-of-its-kind joint dental clinic in Fergus Falls aimed at serving underrepresented communities.

Minnesota’s first public/nonprofit dental clinic has opened in Fergus Falls with the $5.1 million Center for Dental Health, which hosts Apple Tree Dental and Minnesota Department of Human Services Special

03/09/2021

A study across 547 U.S. health care organizations finds that individuals with intellectual disabilities are at substantially increased risk of dying from Covid-19.

03/08/2021

Kids with disabilities need access to COVID-19 vaccines.

"If I don't advocate for my son, nobody will," says the mom of a 13-year-old with Down syndrome and other medical issues.