NC Dental Hygienists’ Association

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NC dentists plan to reopen for routine care amid COVID-19

May 11, 2020 by Anne Blythe

NC dentists plan to reopen for routine care amid COVID-19 - North Carolina Health News

After providing only emergency care for the past month, NC dentists plan to bring hygienists back to work for more routine oral health care.

By Anne Blythe Michael Riccobene had just completed an emergency root canal for a man whose front tooth was bothering him so much the patient could have ended up in an emergency room. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients have been reluctant to set foot in hospitals, and hospitals have tried to keep […]

dental hygientists tools laid out on a tray and a hand picking up one of those tools.

Can North Carolina dental hygienists help fill coverage gaps through a public-private partnership program?

July 31, 2019 by Anne Blythe

Can North Carolina dental hygienists help fill coverage gaps through a public-private partnership program? - North Carolina Health News

N.C. Dental Board proposes a rule change that could slightly expand the scope of practice for the state’s hygienists.

By Anne Blythe Hygienists in North Carolina have been lobbying for years to be able to clean teeth, take X-rays, check gum health and apply sealants when a dentist is not on-site with them. At long last, they seem to be one step closer to being able to do just that in certain schools, elder […]

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.

Will North Carolina dig its teeth into teledentistry?

May 15, 2019 by Anne Blythe

Will North Carolina dig its teeth into teledentistry? - North Carolina Health News

Shaun Matthews, director of telehealth at UNC’s dental school, is working with others to provide dental care remotely through real-time consultations and other teledentistry models.

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 […]

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