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Integrated dental medical program helps motivate at-risk individuals
Clinical studies indicate that 20 percent of working population with at least one chronic condition still skips seeing a dentist every year.
Aetna grant promotes collaborative efforts to improve oral health
The $50,000 grant to support the National Periodontal Disease Project and Smiles Across America program.
Oral piercings pose potential health-care risks
Dentists can prescribe an antimicrobial rinse to help keep a pierced site and jewelry clean.
Individual dental insurance for retirees debuts
Renaissance Dental Extend for Retirees enables employers to make an individual dental insurance policy available for retirees with no cost, group contract, or administration for company.
New services could help millions manage dental anxiety
Services include full-body massages, virtual reality eyewear.
Give yourself and your teeth a break
Regular dental exams help detect nighttime tooth grinding.
Dentists often first to spot eating disorders in patients
Delta Dental Plans Association wants to increase awareness of the potential oral health problems that can be caused by eating disorders.
Data shows Delta Dental continues to offer large nationwide network
Delta Dental's network of 123,000 dentists is more than 62,000 dentists than the next closest national competitor, report indicates.
Consumer survey reveals 60 percent have dental benefits
Delta Dental Plans Association study reveals that the at-risk dental population is comprised of one in nine consumers without dental benefits or dental care.
Delta Dental donates $62 Million to improve nation's oral health
Donations aid uninsured children, help alleviate dentist shortage