American Dental Education Association Compendium Entrustable Professional Activities Workgroup report.

Purpose: Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are discrete clinical tasks that can be evaluated to help define readiness for independent practice in the health professions and are intended to increase trust in the dental graduate. EPAs provide a framework that bridges competencies to clinical practice. This report describes the work of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Compendium EPA Workgroup to develop a list of EPAs for dental education and supportive resources, including specifications and a glossary.

Rubric development and peer review for predoctoral dental education.

Purpose: This article outlines a process and template for developing rubrics that can be shared across predoctoral dental education programs.

Methods: The rubrics were developed using a peer-review process for incorporating clinical skills and professional behaviors required for predoctoral dental students in their development of competent independent practice.

Results: This article shares the process, templates, and rubrics that were developed for a new predoctoral dental program.

Caring for Patients Using Methamphetamines: An Interprofessional Collaborative Approach.

Methamphetamine use is increasing in the U.S. and in Missouri, as are the number of deaths associated with its use.

Integrating Oral Health into Primary Care.

This article provides data on oral diseases as they relate to systemic health conditions. Research continues to identify biologic mechanisms that link oral diseases to systemic disease and vice versa. The Smiles for Life curriculum, developed for physicians, provides a systematic approach for incorporating an oral exam into your physical evaluation.

Collaborating and teaching a synchronous, multi-university, virtual course: Health policy and access to dental care.

Purpose: In response to COVID-19, dental educators have been tasked with maintaining the quality of education while reducing cost, increasing efficiency, and leveraging technology.

Methods: This collaborative, multisite virtual health policy course used the Staged Self-Directed Learning Model (SSDL) to lead a diverse group of students studying health policy. Twelve Core sessions were offered with three additional sessions in August or December for a total of 15 total synchronous Zoom sessions that covered policy issues on supply, demand, and need for dental care.

Depression, periodontitis, caries and missing teeth in the USA, NHANES 2009-2014.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the association between self-reported depressive symptoms and oral diseases in US adults, including periodontitis, caries, missing teeth and untreated dental caries.

Design: This study was designed as a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional survey. We conducted descriptive, multivariable logistic and Poisson regression analyses on weighted data.

Patient-reported receipt of oral cancer screenings and smoking cessation counseling from US oral health care providers: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2016.

Background: Oral health care providers are encouraged to screen for oral cancer (OC) and oropharyngeal cancer (OP) and promote smoking cessation to their patients. In this study, the authors investigated the prevalence and correlates of receiving OC and OP screening and tobacco and OC and OP counseling from oral health care providers.

Methods: The authors analyzed self-reported survey data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2016 for participants who reported a dental visit.