https://medimouth.com/brief A short, sourced digest of dental access-to-care resources and references for Arizona — industry information, not medical advice. en-us https://medimouth.com/brief/2026-06-11 https://medimouth.com/brief/2026-06-11 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

P&G and AAFP Partner to Educate Americans on Oral-Systemic Health Connection — Procter & Gamble and the American Academy of Family Physicians are collaborating to help Americans understand how oral health impacts overall health, with research showing 80% of Americans would prioritize oral care more if they understood this connection. (Dentistry Today)

Sea Mar Community Health Centers–Coordinated Care Scholarship Supports Dental Diversity — Coordinated Care, Sea Mar Community Health Centers, and the University of Washington announced the first recipient of a new scholarship designed to support underrepresented students pursuing careers in dentistry. (Dentistry Today)

AAE Members Secure 12 Save Your Tooth Month Proclamations Across U.S. — The American Association of Endodontists announced that 12 official proclamations promoting Save Your Tooth Month and the importance of saving natural teeth were secured during May 2026 through member advocacy efforts. (Dentistry Today)

Davary & Smith Oral Surgery Offers Non-Opioid Wisdom Tooth Removal Protocol — Davary & Smith Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Northern Virginia now provides a non-opioid pain management approach for wisdom tooth extraction using long-acting local anesthetic and FDA-approved non-opioid medication for appropriate patients. (Dentistry Today)

Dentsply Sirona Expands WaveOne Gold System with New Orifice Shaper — Dentsply Sirona introduced the WaveOne Gold Orifice Shaper, a new instrument for the WaveOne Gold reciprocating file system designed to support efficient coronal flaring during root canal preparation. (Dentistry Today)

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Disabled individuals face significant barriers to oral health care — People with disabilities continue to face major barriers when seeking oral health care, according to new research that explored the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals in different countries. (News-Medical — Dentistry)

MRONJ Outcomes Linked to Disease Severity — New research shows postoperative outcomes also were closely tied to why the medication was originally prescribed. (Dentistry Today)

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Arizona's official reduced-fee dental clinic list — The Arizona Department of Health Services maintains a statewide directory of reduced-fee and community dental clinics — a useful reference point when fielding cost or access questions from patients. (Arizona Department of Health Services)

Low-cost clinic directory from the Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation — The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation publishes a directory of low-cost dental clinics, one of several statewide safety-net resources for uninsured patients. (Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation)

Teaching clinics offer supervised, reduced-fee care in metro Phoenix — Dental-school teaching clinics such as A.T. Still University's ASDOH (Mesa) provide supervised care at lower fees, an option worth knowing when patients ask about affordability. (A.T. Still University — ASDOH Dental Clinics)

ADA MouthHealthy: consumer guidance on dental emergencies — The American Dental Association's consumer site explains which dental problems warrant urgent attention — handy to point patients to between visits. (ADA MouthHealthy)

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