By weaving oral health into primary care education, research, and community practice, recent studies demonstrate that prevention-driven, patient-centered care is imperative for a healthy population.

Public health, like medicine, focuses on three stages of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary prevention means preventing disease before it occurs by altering behaviors.

Ailments of the mouth can put the body at risk for a slew of other ills. Some practitioners think dentistry should no longer be siloed.

New guidelines recommend aspirin use in primary prevention for people ages 40 to 70 years old who are at higher risk of a first cardiovascular event, but not for those over 70. Yet, people over 70 ...

Strengthening primary health care to serve as the first line of defense can dramatically change these outcomes, turning rural clinics into cancer prevention lifelines.

Primary care clinicians can provide optimal preventive care for patients at risk of contracting HIV.

The president of the American Dental Association on how to fix access to care.

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Steven Kramer said he sent the robocalls that mimicked the former president’s voice ahead of the 2024 New Hampshire primary as a warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence.

It takes a lot of different health care providers to keep your mouth healthy. Learn all about these specialists from dentists or prosthodontists.