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(Guest episode) Matt wants to know how to tell if he's being scammed by his dentist. To find the answer, we open up the surprising history of dentistry, ask why it seems so different from internal medicine, and drill down on why dental insurance doesn't really feel like insurance. Explain It To Me's host Jonquilyn Hill talks with journalist Mary Otto and Dr. Lisa Simon, DMD, MD, to find the answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Matt wants to know how to tell if he's being scammed by his dentist. To find the answer, we open up the surprising history of dentistry, ask why it seems so different from internal medicine, and drill down on why dental insurance doesn't really feel like insurance. Host Jonquilyn Hill talks with journalist Mary Otto and Dr. Lisa Simon, DMD, MD, to find the answers. We want to hear your questions. Call us at 1-800-618-8545, or email us at askvox@vox.com Extra reading: Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America Dental Use and Spending in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare, 2010-2021 | Health Policy Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Andrea Kristinsdottir and Cristian Ayala, engineers Carla Javier, supervising producer Katherine Wells, editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mary Otto is the author of the book, Teeth: The story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America. Mary didn't hesitate when I reached out for her to share her perspective with students on the podcast. This amazing book is one of your required readings in community dental health and will certainly help develop your understanding of the struggles we face as providers moving ahead. Mary puts a strong voice to the challenge of access to care and tells the real life story of why we need to work together to make oral health in America accessible for everyone. Additional Information: blog.feedspot.com/dental_hygiene_podcasts/ Take a look at a recent product I have tried and recommend. bit.ly/thehappyflosser promo code: HAPPYFLOSSER Send Messages to: https://anchor.fm/billie43/message Check out Mary's book on Amazon - Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/billie43/message
Ashes, burnt eggshells, stale toast and chalk. These are just some of the ingredients used to make toothpaste throughout the centuries. And though civilizations have always been concerned with oral hygiene, the methods they used to treat dental problems weren't always so effective and were often very painful. With the introduction of dental schools in the United States in the 1840s and through the work of pioneering dentists, dentistry became a legitimate medical practice focused more on prevention and repair. Now, researchers, engineers and business founders are developing new forms of dental treatments and new tools that will hopefully make quality dental care more accessible and affordable and even create truly regenerative and preventative solutions. Hear all about these innovations on this toothsome episode of Trailblazers. Featuring Mary Otto, Adam Celiz, Swati Nehete, Max Lobovsky and Michel Koo. For more on the podcast go to delltechnologies.com/trailblazers
The United States is a country with no national language, and with over 150 Indigenous languages still spoken today. With 5.2 million Indigenous people residing in the US today, speaking these 150+ languages—why aren't more of our road signs printed in these native languages? Teams from the Iowa and Minnesota Departments of Transportation, along with Indigenous partners set out to change that. Joining us today on the podcast to discuss this project are: Brennan Dolan, the Cultural Resources Team Lead and Tribal Liaison at Iowa DOT; Ed Fairbanks, the retired Tribal Liaison for the Minnesota DOT and Mary Otto, the Tribal State Relations Training Manager in Minnesota DOT's Office of Tribal Affairs.
The United States is a country with no national language, and with over 150 Indigenous languages still spoken today. With 5.2 million Indigenous people residing in the US today, speaking these 150+ languages—why aren't more of our road signs printed in these native languages? Teams from the Iowa and Minnesota Departments of Transportation, along with Indigenous partners set out to change that. Joining us today on the podcast to discuss this project are: Brennan Dolan, the Cultural Resources Team Lead and Tribal Liaison at Iowa DOT; Ed Fairbanks, the retired Tribal Liaison for the Minnesota DOT and Mary Otto, the Tribal State Relations Training Manager in Minnesota DOT's Office of Tribal Affairs.
On this episode of Ethics Talk, editorial fellow Dr Lisa Simon discusses her path from dentistry to medicine and health journalist Mary Otto guides us through a history of oral health care in the US. Interview with Dr Simon recorded September 27, 2021; Interview with Mary Otto recorded October 28, 2021.
Because of an accident of history, we think of our teeth as being wholly separate from the rest of our bodies. They even have different doctors. But teeth really are the entryway to the body, and the state of oral health in America says a lot about our inequities in general. Abdul talks to Mary Otto, journalist and author of Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America. Abdul also offers his perspective on the current COVID-19 surge and the new Omicron variant. For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode, Tessa Lena talks to Mary Otto-Chang, formerly of the United Nations. Mary has created a communication campaign to educate UN employees, government workers and citizens of Canada in general about the Great Reset and the 4IR, in the language that is straightforward and easy to digest. To learn more about this podcast, please go to https://makelanguagegreatagain.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mary Otto, journalist and author of "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America," speaks about the struggles and barriers that Medicaid and uninsured patients face to receive necessary oral healthcare.
The President of the National Union of Public & General Employees (NUPGE) sits down with host Mary Otto to discuss his personal history with the organization and the labour movement; issues facing unions today, and much more!
As everyone in primary care knows, oral health care in the US can be very difficult to access. Tien Jiang, DMD MEd, an instructor of oral health policy and epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Christine Riedy, PhD MPH a researcher with the Center for the Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health, or CIPCOH, and the Delta Dental Associate Professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine join us today to talk about their work at CIPCOH, their research, and their vision of oral health and primary care integration. If you are interested in oral health and missed it previously, have a listen to Audrey talk with Mary Otto, a healthcare journalist who published a book about oral health in the US called Teeth. If you enjoyed the show, please give us 5 stars wherever you listen. Tweet us your thoughts @rospodcast and leave us a message on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/reviewofsystems. Or, you can email me at audreyATrospod.org. We’d love to hear from you, and thanks for listening.
How many times have you treated a dental infection in your primary care office, or spent 10 minutes after a visit googling a dentist that takes your patient’s insurance? We’ve all done it too many times. There is an epidemic of dental disease in the United States – dental care is expensive and difficult to access. Mary Otto, a journalist, author, and our guest this week, has written a book called Teeth. In it, Mary explores the oral health crisis and explains its wide-reaching effects, such as decreased social mobility and fewer opportunities for employment; also, she talks about how oral health has become so segmented apart from the rest of the healthcare system and what can be done about it. Click here to find more information about Mary Otto, winner of The Studs and Ida Terkel Award, which is dedicated to supporting authors who are committed to exploring aspects of American life that are not adequately represented by the mainstream media. You can find more information about Teeth here. You can find many of Mary’s articles here. If you enjoyed the show, please give us 5 stars wherever you listen. Tweet us your thoughts @rospodcast and leave us a message on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/reviewofsystems. Or, you can email me at audrey@rospod.org. We’d love to hear from you, and thanks for listening.
How many times have you treated a dental infection in your primary care office, or spent 10 minutes after a visit googling a dentist that takes your patient’s insurance? We’ve all done it too many times. There is an epidemic of dental disease in the United States – dental care is expensive and difficult to access. Mary Otto, a journalist, author, and our guest this week, has written a book called Teeth. In it, Mary explores the oral health crisis and explains its wide-reaching effects, such as decreased social mobility and fewer opportunities for employment; also, she talks about how oral health has become so segmented apart from the rest of the healthcare system and what can be done about it. Click here to find more information about Mary Otto, winner of The Studs and Ida Terkel Award, which is dedicated to supporting authors who are committed to exploring aspects of American life that are not adequately represented by the mainstream media. You can find more information about Teeth here. You can find many of Mary’s articles here. You can find Dr. Satcher’s landmark report, Oral Health in America, here. If you enjoyed the show, please give us 5 stars wherever you listen. Tweet us your thoughts @rospodcast and leave us a message on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/reviewofsystems. Or, you can email me at audrey@rospod.org. We’d love to hear from you, and thanks for listening.
Host Mary Otto, interviews Sébastien Labelle about the history and activities of Mayworks in Halifax. Listen in and find out more about this festival of workers art. Mayworks happens annually, on and around May 1st. Mary Otto is a proud member of Local 43, Canadian Blood Services and on the NSGEU Political Action Committee.
This week, host Mary Otto sit down with the President of the Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Council (HDDLC), Suzanne MacNeil about what Labour Councils do, and the role they play in the overall labour movement.
This week, host Mary Otto sits down with fellow members of the NSGEU's Political Action Committee (PAC), to find out what it's like to get involved in politics and the union! Featured on this episode are Hugh Gillis (a Correctional Officer from Local 480); Robert MacDonald (an Operational Support worker at SMU from Local 170); Suzanne MacIntyre (a Registered Nurse and member of Local 101); and Lindsay MacKenzie (a Client Service Assistant with the VON, Local 29). They talk about the highlights of the work they've done over the past three years, and how their work is affected by the resolutions that come out of Convention!
This week, guest host Mary Otto sits down with Tracey Fisk, a nurse with 29 years of experience in the health care system, to talk about Blue Monday. The third Monday in January marks the most depressing day of the year for many people.
Guest host Mary Otto, President of Local 43, and member of NSGEU's Political Action Committee interviews Erin Casey and Joan Helson about a campaign called Dignity. Period. From a blog written by Erin Casey: "One-third of Canadian women under the age of 25 say they've struggled to afford menstrual products (Plan International Canada, 2018). One in seven girls in Canada have either left school early or missed school entirely because they don't have what they need to manage their periods (Always Confidence and Puberty Study, 2018). Nova Scotia is the province with the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. When people with periods can't afford food, they can't afford other necessities. They likely have to choose between groceries and period products, often putting their children's needs ahead of their own. Dignity. Period. is a campaign to help people with periods in Nova Scotia access the menstrual hygiene supplies they need to thrive—to live safely and with dignity. We're inviting people across the province to host Pad Parties and collect donations of period products for Feed Nova Scotia to distribute to their 145 member food banks, meal programs, and shelters." https://www.feednovascotia.ca/blog/dignity-period To like Dignity.Period Halifax Facebook page, visit: https://www.facebook.com/DignityPeriodCampaign/ For a transcript of the podcast, please visit our website: http://nsgeu.ca/nsgeu-union-matters-e7-dignity-period/
In this Episode #6, guest host Mary Otto, President of NSGEU Local 43, speaks with NSGEU's 1st VP Sandra Mullen about the NSGEU Women's Conference, empowerment, and the 2019 Convention. Note: for our deaf members, please see http://nsgeu.ca/union-matters-podcast-6-empowering-nsgeu-women/ for a full transcript of this week's podcast.
This week, we have a special guest host of Union Matters! Mary Otto is President of NSGEU Local 43, which represents lab workers of Canadian Blood Services in Nova Scotia. Mary also sits on NSGEU's Political Action Committee and traveled to Ottawa at the end of October as part of a lobby effort with Bloodwatch and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union in support of Senate Bill 252, the Voluntary Blood Donations Act (An Act to amend the Blood Regulations). The Bill has just passed its second reading and will be going to Committee. The legislation would ban the collection of paid plasma in Canada. Currently, for-profit agencies like Canadian Plasma Resources have set up shop in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, where they pay Canadians for their plasma, then sell it to the highest bidder on the global market. On this week's podcast, Mary speaks with Pauline Worsfold, Chair of the Canadian Health Coalition and Secretary-Treasurer of the CFNU.
DeRay, Sam and Brittany are on to talk about Spike Lee’s new movie Blackkklansman, the white supremacy rally in DC, and this week’s overlooked news. Clint joins to share his thoughts drawing distinctions between past and current waves of immigration. Oral health writer and expert Mary Otto and health care expert Ifetayo Johnson about the history, access and implications of dental health care nationwide, and what communities can do to improve community oral health.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Your Brain Involuntarily Sees Opinions You Agree With as Facts The Stroop Effect Is A Window Into Perception The Pisonia Tree Lures and Murders Birds for No Good Reason The Tooth Fairy Pays a Lot More Than She Used To For a more adult perspective on dental health over time in the United States, check out "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America" by health journalist Mary Otto. Curious for more of nature's killers? Check out "Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Staci Stout, RDH, shares her expertise in public health and mobile dentistry. You too can have a fulfilling career in public health! What does it take to write a grant? What should you do if you want to prepare yourself to work in mobile dentistry? And more! Listen in to this great conversation so that you can gain career satisfaction! #thinkbeyondtheprophy All listeners can save on Mouthwatch by using the coupon code: BEYONDTHEPROPHY Topics we discuss: Grant writing Practice in public health practice Federal grant writing Getting prepped to practice in mobile dentistry Passion for public health Getting prepared to write grants Working in a school-based program Practicing in mobile dentistry Buying your own instruments What is teledentistry? Her experience with Mouthwatch Featured book: Teeth by Mary Otto Click here: Subscribe to the Podcast and Leave a Podcast Review Like Us on Facebook Join our Beyond the Prophy Community on Facebook Click here: Subscribe to the Podcast and Leave a Podcast Review Where to find Beyond the Prophy®: Facebook: @Beyondtheprophy Instagram: @Beyondtheprophy Stitcher: @Beyondtheprophy Apple Podcast: @Beyondtheprophy Google Play: @Beyondtheprophy
Host, Rick Moore talks with Mary Otto about inequality in oral health care. To get credit for the course, visit https://www.dentistry.umn.edu/continuing-dental-education
Mary Otto is the oral health topic leader of the Association of Health Care Journalists. In recent years her research has been on oral health, and the life stories she's uncovered, people dying from an abscessed tooth because they could not afford a dentist, or the medication. This and other important stories are found in her important book--Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America. This also is important insight on the importance of oral health and its impact on our general health. http://thenewpress.com/books/teeth
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Show #186 | Guest: Mary Otto | Show Summary: Millions of Americans, young and old, suffer from chronic toothaches they have no choice but to live with day in and day out. Veteran health journalist Mary Otto joined Angie for an evening addressing the appalling links tying dental hygiene to a person’s job prospects, social mobility, and education.
Episode 91 Show Notes Episodes starts with a recap of AAOSH - https://aaosh.org/ Shout out to Lucy Conard, Jeri Freedman, Machelle with the weird spelling, and the entire state of Wisconsin Suck it Matt Crespin This is the SIBO thing Michelle was talking about https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099351/ Pathogen Lounge FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/272192963256190/ Michelle does a FB live with Dr Larkin Michelle uses the word “capricious” today Mary Otto Interview starts at 11:40 We talk to Mary about oh so many things. We do kind of jump around on her a bit.. Sorry Mary ;) We talk about why she wrote the book, the research process, and her outcomes. We talk about private insurance and state based insurance coverage We talk about alternatives to current professional models including scope of practice alternatives Integration of oral health into medical centers The beginning of medical/dental separation Diagnostic and Treatment Codes Mary@healthjournalism.org The Forsyth study we talk about - http://jdh.adha.org/content/87/suppl_1/63.full Coverage of Deamonte Driver - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022702116.html Get her book! - https://www.amazon.com/Teeth-Beauty-Inequality-Struggle-America/dp/1620971445
Episode 91 Show Notes Episodes starts with a recap of AAOSH - https://aaosh.org/ Shout out to Lucy Conard, Jeri Freedman, Machelle with the weird spelling, and the entire state of Wisconsin Suck it Matt Crespin This is the SIBO thing Michelle was talking about https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099351/ Pathogen Lounge FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/272192963256190/ Michelle does a FB live with Dr Larkin Michelle uses the word “capricious” today Mary Otto Interview starts at 11:40 We talk to Mary about oh so many things. We do kind of jump around on her a bit.. Sorry Mary ;) We talk about why she wrote the book, the research process, and her outcomes. We talk about private insurance and state based insurance coverage We talk about alternatives to current professional models including scope of practice alternatives Integration of oral health into medical centers The beginning of medical/dental separation Diagnostic and Treatment Codes Mary@healthjournalism.org The Forsyth study we talk about - http://jdh.adha.org/content/87/suppl_1/63.full Coverage of Deamonte Driver - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022702116.html Get her book! - https://www.amazon.com/Teeth-Beauty-Inequality-Struggle-America/dp/1620971445
We talk with award-winning journalist Mary Otto about her new book ?Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America.? It chronicles the rise of cosmetic dentistry and the marketing of the coveted ?Hollywood Smile,? contrasted with decades of deficient access to oral healthcare for many Americans--a gap that still pervades and challenges the system. Otto?s book was spurred by the tragedy of Deamonte Driver in Prince George?s County, who died at age 12 from infection from an abscessed tooth. Otto will be speaking about her book and signing copies for sale at the Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, an event co-sponsored with the Public Justice Center and Health Care for the Homeless. You can find out more about the event here, and you can purchase the book here . This is a rebroadcast of the original program from May 22, 2017.
Guest Mary Otto, author of Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America. Otto describes her investigation into the death of 12 year-old Deamonte Driver due to an untreated abscessed tooth, the relationship between oral health and overall well-being, the marketing of cosmetic dentistry, and the injustice of a healthcare system that denies basic access to dental care Teeth
Mary Otto is the oral health topic leader of the Association of Health Care Journalists. In recent years her research has been on oral health, and she brings us an important book: "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America". http://thenewpress.com/books/teeth
Listen Now As former DHHS Secretary Louis Sullivan wrote in support of this work, "Mary Otto brings history, policy and painful personal realities together in this compelling and engaging book about our nation's highly preventable epidemic of oral disease. Teeth should be read by every policy maker and health professional who believes we can and must ace to reduce the current barriers to dental care." (Listeners of this podcast may be also interested in related interviews with Burton Edelstein, DDS, from April 2013 and my interview with the American Dental Association's Dr. Marko Jujicic from January 2016.) During this 22 minute conversation, Ms. Otto discusses the impetus for her work, i.e., the 2007 death of a 12-year old Maryland resident, Deamonte Driver, from an abscessed tooth, she discusses efforts to integrate oral health with overall physicial health, the problems of substantial racial/ethnic disparities in oral health in light of the industry's increasing financial interests in provided cosmetic dentistry, the battle between dentists and mid-level providers, e.g., dental hygienists, over the latter's efforts to improve oral health primary and secondary prevention and the possibilities for improved oral health coverage moreover for adults under both Medicare and Medicaid. Ms. Mary Otto is the oral health topic leader for the Association of Health Care Journalists. She began writing about oral health at The Washington Post, where she worked for eight years covering social issues, including health care and poverty. Ms. Otto is a resident of Washington, DC. Ms. Otto's volume is available via Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Teeth-Beauty-Inequality-Struggle-America/dp/1620971445. A review of her work appeared in the March 23rd issue of The New York Times, at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/books/review/teeth-oral-health-mary-otto.html?_r=0. An executive summary of Surgeon General David Satcher's 2000 report, "Oral Health In America," noted during this conversation, is at: https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/datastatistics/surgeongeneral/report/executivesummary.htm. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com
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