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Tag: ECU Dental School

shows a woman caring for a patient who is in the dental chair. She has a gown, goggles and gloves on, and is looking at a teledentistry camera that's in the office.
Posted inOral Health

Will North Carolina dig its teeth into teledentistry?

by Anne Blythe May 15, 2019November 13, 2019

By Anne Blythe Dr. Shaun Matthews rolls his chair closer to the computer in his UNC-Chapel Hill dental school office and clicks on a video of him talking with a patient whose jaw he recently reconstructed. Meghan Welty is a special-needs teacher from Morganton and is Matthew’s Exhibit A for how a teledentistry program could […]

Shows a dentist and assistant working on a patient. Many North Carolinans do not have good access to dental care.
Posted inOral Health

Reviving the connection from the mouth to the body

by Anne Blythe April 15, 2019November 13, 2019
Shows a group of people wearing medical uniforns, along with christmas sweaters, etc and also wearing silly reindeer antlers on their heads.
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Loan Repayment for Providers Serving the Poor Becomes Political Football

by Rose Hoban January 5, 2018January 23, 2019
Two people who attended a Missions of Mercy clinic told the students the clinic "is for people who don't smile any more."
Posted inChronic Disease, Cost of Care, Featured, Public Health

Teens Find A Voice By Helping Others Find Theirs

by Rose Hoban November 29, 2016November 30, 2016
Posted inFeatured, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Oral Health, Public Health, Rural Health

Advancing a New Model to Meet the Dental Health Needs of Rural NC

by Editor December 8, 2014April 22, 2021
Posted inFeatured, Healthcare Workers, Medicaid, Rural Health

New Rural Dental Clinic Sees Slow But Steady Growth

by Editor August 29, 2012October 19, 2021

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