Rebekah Mathews began a new assignment as Director of Value-based Care for the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement on December 1, 2019. Rebekah has worked with DentaQuest since 2006. As Director of Business Consulting within DentaQuest’s Impact Organization, the area of the enterprise focused on leveraging science, philanthropy and innovation to grow person-centered health...

Six in 10 Americans rate oral health as either “fair,” “poor,” or “very poor,” according to independent research commissioned by DentaQuest and conducted by KRC Research. Further, more than half of patients (51%) are concerned about their oral health, making it the top health concern over heart, eye, digestive, mental, and skin health. Yet three in four Americans (75%) say they have encountered...

A strong oral health safety net system is vital to meet current and future demand for oral health prevention, education and treatment for underinsured and underserved children and adults. With healthcare trending towards providing more holistic, person-centered care, federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs), community clinics, and other safety providers are poised to be hubs of innovation in...

Following a national search, Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA, will join DentaQuest as Executive Vice President and Chief Impact Officer leading the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement in October. In her new role, Dr. Jordan will establish and drive overall strategic investments and partnerships to fulfill DentaQuest’s mission to improve the oral health of all, with a focus on...

Addressing nutrition means addressing a critical social determinant of health Imagine a health care system that “recognizes the critical relationship between food and health, and ensures access to nutrition services that help prevent, manage and treat diet-related illness.” The Massachusetts Food is Medicine State Plan...

Alison Corcoran, President of DentaQuest Partnership, talks about efforts in the Boston area to narrow the gap in access to dental care. Interview for BNN News. Aired May 31, 2019.

Families USA and the DentaQuest Partnership recently collaborated to write a Health Affairs Blog that highlights the significant disparities faced by rural elderly residents. Twenty percent report not seeing a dentist or a dental clinic for at least the last five years and they are more likely to be completely toothless and less likely to have dentures. They travel farther for services, have less...

Last week the DentaQuest Partnership participated in a webinar hosted by the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, Putting the Mouth Back in the Body, featuring leading experts on interprofessional practice. Each presenter discussed efforts to improve the integration between oral health and primary care, shared their experiences with the associated challenges, and identified opportunities...

The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement is excited to host a booth at the upcoming National Oral Health Conference in Memphis, Tennessee April 15-17! The National Oral Health Conference is the premiere venue for engaging in collaboration to improve the oral health of the public, with sessions focused on issues and topics relevant...