This past year, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine was awarded a grant from DentaQuest to support and introduce a new fellowship opportunity titled, “Fellowship in Oral Medicine and Oral Oncology.”

At the Capitol Hill Reception, sponsored by Oral Healthcare Can’t Wait, an initiative of Dental Trade Alliance and the DentaQuest Foundation, OHA honored Dr. Caswell Evans with the 2018 Marvin Goldstein Outstanding Public Service Award, celebrating individuals whose leadership in improving public health in the U.S. has broken new ground and created a changed environment.

DentaQuest joins a group of sponsors for The 23rd anniversary of the Building Strong Families Conference for parents is set for Oct. 25 at the Broadway Church of Christ, 1924 Broadway Ave., Lubbock.

Chief Dental Officer and Senior Vice President at DentaQuest, Olivia Croom honors Pat Wang, HealthFirst ’s CEO for bringing attention to preventive treatments; including dental screenings, educational materials, sealants, fluoride varnish, and other preventive measures all add up to the quality care that every community deserves.

Prevention and collaboration were the key themes as state policymakers explored innovative and cost-effective strategies to integrate oral health and primary care during #NASHPCONF18’s session, Cross Currents: Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care. Both the report and this conference session were supported by the DentaQuest Foundation.

Amerigroup will partner with DentaQuest on its dental benefit offerings as part of its transition to be the first and only Medicaid plan to comprehensive coverage from dental to housing to substance abuse in every region across Washington State.

Local and state groups work to emphasize the importance of building healthy oral health habits to kids in Malheur County.

DentaQuest is one of three groups recently selected to administer Washington's Medicaid dental benefits program.

"Made possible by a grant from the DentaQuest Foundation, along with in-kind support from the Alabama Department of Public Health's Oral Health Division, the program is providing families at well-child visits with materials in hand. "

DentaQuest Institute's Dr. Sean Boynes offers advice this advice: Parents can cut through misinformation by finding a pediatric dentist at the first baby teething symptoms.

DentaQuest Foundation Executive Director Dr. Michael Monopoli notes that our collaboration on the State of Decay report "allows us to remain committed to ensuring oral health equity among all older adults, leveling the field to improve the quality of life for all."

The DentaQuest Foundation recently funded 5 mini grants ranging from $2,000 to $3,000 in Hawai'i. Hawai'i Children's Action Network's Oral Health for All Hawai'i program staff selected awardees from across the state.

DentaQuest was one of six vision organizations participating in a free eyeglasses program in Youngstown, Ohio, schools, which has paid off in better attendance and test results, and a lower discipline rate.

Local NPR station explores the problem of quality rural dental care and its consequences on overall health with Dr. Sean Boynes of the DentaQuest Institute, Oregon Health Authority Dental Director Bruce Austin, and Laura McKeane of AllCare.

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington recently received a $5,000 grant from DentaQuest to help promote oral health.

Florida Medicaid officials announced plans to sign contracts with three managed-care companies - including DentaQuest - to provide dental care.

Charitable dental care valued at more than $1 million was provided to children and adults, ages 1 – 90, during 2,087 patient visits at the ninth Mission of Mercy in Wisconsin, with help from the DentaQuest Foundation.

New DentaQuest Institute research presented at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting also reveal significant gender and racial disparities in patterns of opioid prescriptions for dental conditions.

Panelist Mike Shirtcliff, founder and former president of Advantage Dental, urges state leaders to bring a grander vision to CCO 2.0 in Oregon.

Funds will support the Free Clinic's oral health program, which served low-income, uninsured children and adults through 1,255 oral health visits in fiscal year 2016-17.

The Eastern Oregon Healthy Living Alliance (EOHLA) has released a report for Healthy, Happy Smiles, a program that provides free dental services and oral health education through the 2017-2018 school year in partnership with Advantage Dental.

You tell your patients to brush and floss and also praise the merits of fluoride, so why are they still coming back with cavitated lesions? Brian Novy, DDS, discussed three ways to restore balance to the mouth when traditional methods don't cut it at the recent California Dental Association's CDA Presents 2018 meeting.

Are amalgam fillings harmful? DentaQuest VP of Clinical Management Dr. Linda Vidone says no. Read more to find out why.

A $667,000 grant from the DentaQuest Foundation will provide significant support to expand the Wisdom Tooth Project® and increase capacity to continue advocating for Medicare dental.

A new report on factors impacting the oral health of older adults that DentaQuest Foundation Executive Director Dr. Mike Monopoli says is key to ensuring oral health equity.