Payal Rajender Kumar, Iriana Peña Manrique, Fatemeh Movaghari Pour, Hosam Alraqiq, Stacy Costello, John Welby, Debony Hughes, Alice M Horowitz, Dushanka V Kleinman
{"title":"A Joint Initiative to Improve Dental Public Health Communication in Maryland.","authors":"Payal Rajender Kumar, Iriana Peña Manrique, Fatemeh Movaghari Pour, Hosam Alraqiq, Stacy Costello, John Welby, Debony Hughes, Alice M Horowitz, Dushanka V Kleinman","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2026.2615519","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19424396.2026.2615519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Plain language improves health communication and promotes understanding and positive behaviors. This paper describes the phases of Maryland's oral health campaign supported by legislative action, focusing on health literacy and plain language in evolving public health communication strategies.The Maryland Department of Health (MDH), Office of Oral Health (OOH), refined educational materials based on brochure reviews collaboratively with three residents of the Dental Public Health Research Fellowship program at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, School of Public Health, University of Maryland. Insights from a collaborative group, volunteer dentists, and dental hygienists emphasized concise formats and led to the creation of 12 plain-language one-pagers.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The Plain Language Act 2010 emphasizes clear communication to improve health literacy and access to care. MDH, OOH set an example by updating materials, incorporating focus group insights, and creating digital resources like one-pagers, QR codes, and videos. These efforts highlight the importance of concise, modern communication strategies, integrated oral and medical health approaches, and continuous innovation to address population needs and health disparities and to enhance health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"54 1","pages":"2615519"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13021145/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147577413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medicaid Dental Cuts and Emergency Department Utilization: Implications of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act.","authors":"Tumader Khouja, Russell Dunkel, Astha Singhal","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2599655","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2599655","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medicaid is crucial to U.S. Healthcare, providing dental benefits for children and optional adult coverage. Cutting adult benefits limits access to preventive care, leading to increased emergency visits for non-traumatic dental conditions.</p><p><strong>Description: </strong>The 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act (OBBBA) proposes major Medicaid changes, impacting access to care, including oral health. Expected cuts will increase uninsured rates and lead states to reduce adult dental benefits. These shifts will drive more emergency department visits and higher costs for non-traumatic dental conditions. Without sufficient dental coverage, millions risk preventable pain and financial hardship.</p>","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"54 1","pages":"2599655"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13544630/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148898700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Deborah Polk, Olivia Urquhart
{"title":"Acute Dental Pain Management and Opioids - An Executive Summary of the Clinical Practice Guideline.","authors":"Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Deborah Polk, Olivia Urquhart","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2588938","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2588938","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"53 1","pages":"2588938"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13559842/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148932279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disparities in Access to Dental Care in San Francisco During COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of RAPID-SF Survey.","authors":"Jay Shah, Sepideh Banava","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2467368","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19424396.2025.2467368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Access to dental care can be influenced by various factors, including socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, household language, education level, insurance, and emergency situations. This study aims to assess dental care access of children of San Francisco families during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify barriers to dental care access.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study utilized data from the 2022 RAPID-SF Surveys conducted by the Stanford Early Childhood Center and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The surveys, distributed across San Francisco, consisted of three baseline and three follow-up surveys. Associations between children's past-year dental visits during the pandemic and demographic factors such as race, ethnicity, language, insurance, financial status, and education were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 680 families from San Francisco responded to baseline surveys (B1: 403, B2: 242, B3: 35). Follow-up surveys were excluded from analysis due to considerable loss to follow-up. About 34% reported difficulty accessing dental care for their children during COVID-19. Lower education, low income, and non-employer-based insurance were significantly associated with fewer dental visits (<i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The RAPID-SF survey identified significant oral health disparities in San Francisco during COVID-19, driven by income, education, and insurance type. Collaborative efforts by dentists, policymakers, and public health organizations are crucial to addressing these inequities. The RAPID-SF survey is a model for identifying disparities and guiding interventions to improve oral health outcomes during public health emergencies.</p><p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>Strategies should be implemented to ensure San Francisco families have equitable access to dental services during public health emergencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12140622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabiano Luiz Heggendorn, Ellen dos Santos, Maria Eduarda Samora Viana, Pablo Lourenço Fernandes, Arthur Henrique Vidigal de Miranda, Paulo Henrique de Souza Picciani
{"title":"Application of Solution Blow Spinning (SBS) Through Airbrush Pen for in situ Generation of Barrier Membranes","authors":"Fabiano Luiz Heggendorn, Ellen dos Santos, Maria Eduarda Samora Viana, Pablo Lourenço Fernandes, Arthur Henrique Vidigal de Miranda, Paulo Henrique de Souza Picciani","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2386089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2386089","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"6 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141925436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A World of Opportunities","authors":"Andrew Young","doi":"10.1109/stherm.2009.4810730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/stherm.2009.4810730","url":null,"abstract":"Tourist railways are attractive products that have much to contribute to sustainable development, decentralization, diversification and management of tourist flows. However, tourist railways tend to be isolated products with few interconnections. This provides many opportunities to exploit the products by developing networking and looking for synergies between travel and tourism stakeholders 5 to 6 Billion domestic tourists","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141813652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient Safety – A Sound Business Decision","authors":"Daniel J Klemmedson","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2376787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2376787","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"129 51","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141811299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality Improvement and Risk Management Within a Culture of Safety in Dentistry","authors":"Steven P. Geiermann, Eve Cuny","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2376786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2376786","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141649232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI Reshaping the Dental Landscape: Integrating the Future into Curriculum","authors":"N. Manila, Aaron Glick, Pinelopi Xenoudi","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2365953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2365953","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":" 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141680967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachael Matulis, Adrienne Lapidos, Sarah Neil Mockridge, Danielle Rulli
{"title":"C.E. Credit. Why Integrate Dentistry and Behavioral Health: What Every Oral Health Provider Should Know About Mental Health and Substance Use","authors":"Rachael Matulis, Adrienne Lapidos, Sarah Neil Mockridge, Danielle Rulli","doi":"10.1080/19424396.2024.2353738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2024.2353738","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94113,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the California Dental Association","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}