Publications

Spring 2022

Vol. 71, No. 1

In this issue:

• Addressing Health Disparity: Building a Culturally Competent Practice Is an Essential First Step
• 10 Under Ten
• Editorial: You Can't Keep Yankee Down
• Risk Management: Office Protocols, Near Misses, and Root Causes Investigations
• Viewpoint: How Oral Disease Changed My Life
• Pathology Snapshot: Oral Hairy Leukoplakia
• Book Reviews
• Art of Dentistry: The Dentist with a Sweet Tooth

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January-February 2022

In this issue:

• Update From the MDS COVID-19 Resurgence Task Force
• MDS Webinar Addresses Dental Assistant Shortage
• Mental Health and Dentistry 
• CareCredit e-Book Helps You Streamline the Financial Conversation
• RevenueWell Joins the MDS Member Savings Program
• MDS Foundation Awards Grants to Oral Health Programs
• MassHealth Announces Add-On Payments for Rural Communities

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Summer-Fall 2021

Bad Breath: It's Not a Mask Thing

Since face mask guidance and mandates were implemented last year to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities safe, many people have become aware of something that previously eluded them: they have bad breath. And while some may think that wearing a mask causes bad breath, the fact is that if you have bad breath (also known as halitosis), it already existed. Donning a face mask has just put the stinky news, well, right under your nose.

Also in This Issue:

• Don't Overlook Your Child's Oral Health This School Year
• A Cleaner Toothbrush and a Healthier You
• Preventing Tooth Loss
• Connect the Dots Puzzle

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