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What is your tongue saying about your health ?
Many people do not know that examining your tongue can give you a large insight on different health problems you could have. There are many indicators that your tongue does not look how it normally should. Checking your tongue in the mirror is an easy way to check the status and look of your tongue. […]
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$1 Million Kids Oral Health National Partnerships comes to Texas.
Guardians Life Insurance Company of America committed $1 million to the Children’s Health Fund. The donation launched the Guardians of the Smile partnership to provide quality dental care and education to children in undeserved communities across the United States. From January to June 2018, Children’s Health Fund’s programs provided more than 7,500 dental encounters to children in Washington D.C., Dallas, Idaho, Los Angeles, New York, and Southern […]
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Where are the Dentists in Oakcliff, TX ?
The map today shows the geographic location of dentists currently practicing in the Dallas, TX. In the process of conducting our GIS research, we noticed some areas that were heavily populated with oral health services as well as areas that are likely experiencing disparities in oral health care. To bring awareness to the current health […]
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Mapping Dentistry in Nashville, TN.
The map above shows the geographic location of dentists currently practicing in Davidson-County as well as areas that are likely experiencing disparities in oral health care. To bring awareness to the current health conditions in low-income areas such as North-Nashville, the Oral Health Needs Index (OHNI) made an easy-to-access, oral health focused, Geographic Information System […]
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Mapping Emergency Room Dental Visits
This map shows the geographic location of all practicing dentists in the state of Florida by county and the dental ER visits per 1000 in primary care professional shortage areas. For better oral health outcomes to be possible in Florida, a data-driven, evidence-based program is essential. The Oral Health Needs Index(OHNI) made strides to fix […]
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National Oral Health – Data Sources
Data Source (Research Topics) Variables Method of collection Years available Granularity of the data Comments American Dental Association (ADA) · Dental practices (1990 – 2017) · Supply and profile of dentists (2001 – 2017) · Dental education (2017) Primary but merged with numerous external proprietary data -2017 State. Certain point data. Has several […]