dentists

Personal Health

As Dentists Reopen, COVID-19 Uncertainties Have Some Workers Worried

Christine Herman

Even without a global pandemic, dentistry is inherently riskier than many other medical professions.That’s because dentists and hygienists spend a lot of…
Addiction and Drug Use

Dental Schools Add An Urgent Lesson: Think Twice About Prescribing Opioids

Robert Siegel

Opioid painkillers prescribed by dentists have helped fuel the nation's addiction epidemic. Dental schools are teaching the next generation of dentists that there are other ways to treat pain.
Access to Care

Fighting Children’s Cavities In SF's Chinatown: It Takes A Coalition

Sixteen years ago, city and school officials in San Francisco came together with dentists to figure out how to improve oral health in students. The…
Rural Health

A Good Dentist Is Hard To Find In Rural America

Alison Kodjak

A Wisconsin clinic provides free dental care so that poor rural residents can get their teeth fixed. But in most states people aren't so lucky. Millions of people have no access to dental care.
Costs of Care (old)

Dentists Have No Right To Limit Who Can Whiten Your Teeth, Justices Say

Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a North Carolina case that a board made up largely of dentists may not regulate whitening services.

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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