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FQHC Telehealth Billing Extension: What It Means for Preventive Dental Integration in Primary Care
The FQHC telehealth billing extension protects 2026 workflows. Learn how preventive dental integration in primary care can remain durable beyond policy shifts.

Dr. Ara Agopian
3 days ago4 min read


Why 2026 Is a Turning Point for Preventive Dental Integration in Primary Care
Preventive dental integration in primary care is becoming essential for FQHCs. Learn why 2026 is a structural turning point for health centers.

Josh Gwinn
Mar 54 min read


Addressing the Oral Health Workforce Shortage in Community Health Centers
Learn how community health centers can tackle the oral health workforce shortage through expanded roles, teledentistry, digital tools and policy advocacy—while improving outcomes.

OroMed
Feb 264 min read


Oral Health and Chronic Disease Management: Why Oral Health Belongs at the Table
Discover how oral health and chronic disease management intersect in community health centers. Evidence-based strategies show the oral systemic connection improves outcomes and reduces costs.

OroMed
Feb 196 min read


Teledentistry in Community Health Centers: Expanding Access and Improving Outcomes
Teledentistry in community health centers expands access, reduces travel and improves outcomes. Discover evidence, strategies and equity benefits in this forward‑thinking guide.

OroMed
Feb 164 min read


When Inflammation Tells the Story: The Oral Systemic Connection Between Gums and Chronic Disease
Discover how the oral systemic connection links gum inflammation to chronic disease and why integrating oral assessments into care improves prevention and outcomes.

Dr. Ara Agopian
Feb 54 min read


Advancing Health Equity Through Medical‑Dental Integration in Community Health Centers
Discover how medical‑dental integration in community health centers improves health equity, reduces costs and boosts outcomes. Learn strategies and ROI benefits.

Josh Gwinn
Jan 295 min read


What Health Centers Get Wrong About Dental Care: Rethinking Health Center Dental Integration
Explore common myths holding health centers back and learn how health center dental integration can expand access, improve prevention, and strengthen sustainability.

OroMed
Jan 225 min read


Redrawing the Map of Access: How Intraoral Imaging Is Expanding Rural Oral Health Access
Learn how intraoral imaging and virtual dentists are expanding rural oral health access, improving prevention, and closing care gaps for underserved communities.

Dr. Ara Agopian
Jan 155 min read


The Real Reason Patients Avoid the Dentist: Understanding Barriers to Dental Care
Learn how health centers can address barriers to dental care by integrating oral health into medical visits and improving prevention through whole-person care.

OroMed
Jan 85 min read


Defining Policy for Health Centers in 2026: Why Oral Health Population Health Is the Future
RHTP is reshaping care in 2026. Discover why oral health population health belongs at the center of prevention, equity, and health center policy.

OroMed
Dec 18, 20254 min read


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
Dec 11, 20255 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 4, 20254 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 27, 20252 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 20, 20255 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 13, 20255 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 6, 20255 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 30, 20255 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 17, 20255 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 16, 20256 min read
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