Preventive oral health care is the cornerstone of good oral and overall health. At DentaQuest, we know this better than anyone.In fact, at DentaQuest, we practice and promote Preventistry — our innovative, prevention-led approach to transforming the ...

Jacob Dent, DDS, has dedicated his professional career to learning and teaching about the oral health needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). As a father of an Autistic teenage son, Dent witnessed the struggles o...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities identifies the LGBTQ+ community as a “health disparity population” due to lowered access to health care. Clinical research is showing that sexual and gender minorities who live in commu...

Dr. Alex Barrera practices general dentistry at Avenue 360 Health & Wellness in Houston, Texas. He currently serves as President of the Houston Dental Equality Network and is the chairman of the New Dentist Committee for the Hispanic Dental Associati...

DentaQuest recently announced an investment in research programs designed to support students of color and increase diversity in the dental profession.With this investment, DentaQuest is advancing research dedicated to growing the pipeline of student...

DentaQuest today announced a major investment geared toward diversifying the oral health community’s provider population.DentaQuest is contributing $20,000 to the Society of American Indian Dentists (SAID) for a pilot program designed to support Amer...

Suprena Crawford knows how difficult it can be for some patients to start their journeys to better oral health. She learned that for 19 years as a dental hygienist. And she’s continuing to learn it in her role as a DentaQuest member outreach coordina...

The COVID-19 pandemic, rightfully so, has captured intense global attention since it began early in 2020. It has claimed more than 1.5 million lives, devasted families and turned global economies upside down.Meanwhile, another health crisis — the ong...

The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement is urging state leaders to ensure that oral health providers are among the first wave of coronavirus vaccine recipients following a vote yesterday by a committee of medical and public health expe...

Texas dental practices that see Medicaid patients continue to face significant challenges as the COVID-19 crisis continues into the fall, according to a new report released by the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement today.  The repo...

The oral health community is feeling the urgency to get routine dental care back up and running, in large part because communities need the revitalized business and consistency in the public’s oral health. But this requires new strategies to redu...

The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement (DentaQuest Partnership) today released a report highlighting the results of a national survey of more than 37,000 predominantly Medicaid dental providers — the first research of its kind focused...

As patients begin returning to the dentist for non-emergency dental care, the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) and the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement (DQP) have released a comprehensive set of best practices ...

Dentists and oral health leaders across the country are proud to support our medical colleagues on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic and will continue to do all we can to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our communities. That means...