Dental practitioners in solo and small group practices don't widely use periodontal disease risk assessment tools even though they say they're open to using them, according to a new study. Researchers ...

Dental charting is a process in which your dental healthcare professional lists and describes the health of your teeth and gums. Periodontal charting, which is a part of your dental chart, refers to ...

Paul D. Jacobs ([email protected]), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. There is widespread agreement that taxpayers pay more when Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in ...