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The Connection Between Oral Health and Diabetes: Why Preventive Dental Evaluation Matters
Discover the connection between oral health and diabetes and why preventive dental evaluations are essential for early detection, better outcomes, and whole-person care.

Dr. Ara Agopian
43 minutes ago5 min read


The Hidden Workforce Crisis and the Oral Systemic Connection: Why Medical Teams Need Oral Health Support Now
Discover how understanding the oral systemic connection helps reduce medical team burden, improve prevention, and support community health centers through integrated oral evaluations.

OroMed
Dec 44 min read


A Thanksgiving Message of Gratitude to the Heart of Community Health
This year marks an especially meaningful landmark that we'd like to acknowledge. 2025 marks 60 years since the very first Community Health Centers were founded in 1965 , launched as a demonstration project under President Lyndon Johnson’s Office of Economic Opportunity during the War on Poverty. What began as two small Neighborhood Health Centers—one in Boston and one in Mississippi—has grown into a national movement that serves over 30 million people today. That legacy didn’
rebeccaballiet
Nov 272 min read


Equity Starts at the Mouth: How Oral Cancer Screening Builds Health Justice
Discover how integrated oral cancer screening supports health equity, leverages the oral systemic connection, and strengthens care and impact for community health centers.

Josh Gwinn
Nov 205 min read


Beyond the Lesion: The Oral Systemic Connection Makes Oral Cancer Screening Everyone’s Business
Discover how OroMed’s integrated oral cancer screening uses the oral systemic connection to detect disease early and bring prevention into every patient visit.

Dr. Ara Agopian
Nov 135 min read


The Six-Minute Screen That Saves Lives: How Oral Cancer Screening Fits Seamlessly Into Everyday Care
Learn how OroMed integrates oral cancer screening into everyday medical visits. See how medical-dental integration saves lives through early detection and equitable access.

OroMed
Nov 65 min read


Medical-Dental Integration Done Right: How OroMed Brings Oral Health Into the Heart of Primary Care
Discover how OroMed’s medical-dental integration brings preventive oral care into the medical side of health centers, no extra cost, rooms, or staff required. See how customized workflows and virtual dental technology create seamless, equitable care for every patient.

Dr. Ara Agopian
Oct 305 min read


Seamless Preventive Dental Care: Integrating Oral Health Into Everyday Medicine
Experience how OroMed’s seamless preventive dental care integration, using intraoral imaging and live virtual dentists, advances health equity, removes care silos, and delivers whole-person health in every visit.

OroMed
Oct 175 min read


What a Toothache Can Teach Us About the Oral Systemic Connection and Health Equity
Discover what a simple toothache reveals about health inequities. Learn how the oral systemic connection and preventive dental care can reduce ER visits, close access gaps, and build true whole-person health.

OroMed
Oct 166 min read


Beyond the Chair: How the Oral Systemic Connection Saves Health Centers Millions
Discover how preventive dental care and the oral systemic connection help community health centers reduce ER costs, improve chronic disease management, and deliver true whole-person health.

Dr. Ara Agopian
Oct 96 min read


The Stethoscope and the Toothbrush: The Oral Systemic Connection in Primary Care
Explore the oral systemic connection and why medical-dental integration matters. Learn how combining primary care and oral health creates true whole-person care.

Josh Gwinn
Oct 25 min read


The Hidden Data in Every Smile: Unlocking Public Health Through the Oral Systemic Connection
Discover how oral screenings reveal hidden health insights through the oral systemic connection. Learn how integrating dental data into public health strategies improves prevention, equity, and whole-person health.

OroMed
Sep 256 min read


Historical Barriers to Dental Access in America and The Oral Systemic Connection
At OroMed, we believe that oral health is not an optional service, it’s a vital part of whole-person care. Yet for much of America’s history, dental access has lagged behind medical access, leaving millions without the preventive and restorative services they need.

OroMed
Sep 185 min read


The Oral Systemic Connection: Roadblocks to Integrated Dental Care in Health Centers and Why That’s Changing
Explore why health centers have struggled to fully integrate dental into medical workflows, and how the oral-systemic connection and whole-person care are shaping the future of integrated health. Insights from Oromed CEO, Josh Gwinn.

Josh Gwinn
Sep 115 min read


You Cannot Be Healthy Without Oral Health: A Deeper Look into the Oral Systemic Connection
Explore the oral systemic connection, how oral health directly influences overall health. Discover the latest evidence linking gum disease, diabetes, heart disease, pregnancy, and chronic illness through the mouth-body connection.

Dr. Ara Agopian
Sep 44 min read


Looking Ahead: The Future of Integrated Dental Care
The future of integrated dental care for health centers across America is now more urgent than every...

OroMed
Aug 255 min read


Seamless Integration, Scalable Impact: How OroMed Brings Integrated Dental Care to FQHCs
In the world of community-based care, every workflow, patient encounter and staff role is a moving part of a much larger mission...

Dr. Ara Agopian
Aug 185 min read


Medical-Dental Integration Strategies for FQHCs: The CEO’s Perspective on Transformative Team-Based Preventive Care
At OroMed, our mission is bold but simple: zero disruption, no cost, more access, better outcomes. That’s not just a slogan. It’s our...

Josh Gwinn
Aug 114 min read


Honoring 60 Years of Community Care with OroMed’s Health Center Employee Award
Help us celebrate 60 years of health center expansion and achievement with our health center employee award! Read more...

OroMed
Aug 54 min read
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