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Medical‑Dental Data Integration Is Moving from Theory to Infrastructure—and Health Centers Can Finally Benefit
Medical‑dental data integration is shifting from pilot projects to real infrastructure—here’s what CHC/FQHC leaders should do now to turn integrated data into measurable prevention, closed-loop referrals, and scalable workflows.

OroMed
Apr 24 min read


How Dental Care in Community Health Centers Is Scaling in 2026: Funding, Workforce, and Integration
Learn how dental care in community health centers is scaling in 2026, including funding changes, workforce challenges, and strategies to integrate oral health into primary care and expand access efficiently.

OroMed
Mar 264 min read


Partnership‑Driven Oral Health Integration in Community Health Centers
Over the last 60 days, major partnerships and local successes have accelerated oral health integration in community health centers. Explore how the NACHC–CareQuest partnership, state oral health workforce plans and community collaborations are reshaping access, and learn practical strategies for health center leaders.

OroMed
Mar 197 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


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


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


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


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


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 9, 20256 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 2, 20255 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 25, 20256 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 18, 20255 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 11, 20255 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 4, 20254 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 25, 20255 min read
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