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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released an updated North Carolina Dental Opioid Action Plan to provide clear steps and solutions for dentists and their staff, patients, families and communities to address the opioid epidemic.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:18 pm
By: ENC NOW
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FHLI’s NC Oral Health Collaborative partners offer guidance that allows dentists to join the vaccine workforce.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 9:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill instructing dentists to ignore some new state rules on sedation raised red flags in committee with Sen. Floyd McKissick, D-Durham, though supporters of the the bill said the problem was a lack of clarity in the rules
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report from FeedomWorks gives North Carolina's asset forfeiture program an A-, the second highest score in the country. In explaining North Carolina's high score, the report cites two factors: (1) "The government can only forfeit property if the owner has been convicted of a crime;" and...
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Potentially "tragic" results could occur because the professional board that regulates the state's dentists issues sedation permits before it inspects dental facilities, and does not conduct compliance checks to ensure dentists can deliver anesthesia safely and respond to medical emergencies...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 10:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My colleague Jon Sanders has already commented on last week's Supreme Court decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission. As Jon suggests, this is a good result in many ways — the bad guys lost, and the good guys will eventually benefit. It is...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a decision released Wednesday, a 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners violated federal antitrust laws by engaging in self-dealing in ordering service providers that do not have dental licenses to cease and desist from whitening...
Published: Friday, February 27th, 2015 @ 6:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's dental community service learning centers are core to the School of Dental Medicine's unique educational model - create more dentists for North Carolina while improving access to oral health care in underserved areas.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 1:25 am
By: ECU News Services
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