New Report Spotlights Pediatric Emergency Department Use for Dental Care in Florida
Children Seeking Emergency Care for Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions Among the Highest Rates in the Country A new report by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health®, a leading national nonprofit focused on creating a more accessible, equitable, and integrated oral health system, spotlights pediatric emergency department use for dental care in Florida. Researchers found that children in […]
Oral Health: Florida’s Unrecognized Public Health Crisis
COVID-19. Toxic blue-green algae. Asthma. Monkey Pox. Hardly a day goes by without a public health challenge making headlines in Florida. A growing, yet often unnoticed, public health crisis is the rotten state of many Floridians’ teeth and gums. Oral health problems don’t just affect an individual’s teeth. They affect our physical health as well […]
Over Six Million Floridians Are Not Smiling
By Frank Catalanotto, DMD. There’s nothing to smile about in Florida this February, which is National Children’s Dental Health Month. The state of children’s oral health in Florida is abysmal, indeed some would say in crisis. The latest data clearly demonstrates that the oral health of Florida’s children is among the worst in the nation. […]
New Coalition Forms to SolveFlorida’s Untreated Public Health Crisis
Communities across Florida are struggling with chronic dental access shortages and serious consideration is needed regarding widespread improvements. Poor oral health resulting from dental access shortages have risen to public health crisis levels. Florida leads the nation in the number of individuals living in areas designated as Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Sixty-six of Florida’s […]