Jay W. Friedman, DDS, MPH

Dental Education
Children's school-based dental: An imperative priority
A basic tenet of a just society is that children, because they are least able to help themselves, be given priority for healthcare. In this Second Opinion, Dr. Jay W. Friedman advocates that as poor and minority children have the most oral disease, they should be given the highest priority for allocating oral healthcare resources.
December 21, 2015
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The Virtual Dental Home: Complicating a good idea
In this Second Opinion, Dr. Jay W. Friedman describes the benefits, and the complications, of the innovative Virtual Dental Home program that uses dental hygienists and remote supervising diagnostic dentists.
July 15, 2014
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Periodontics
Is the ADA's midlevel provider economic analysis fair?
A series of reports on midlevel dental providers released Wednesday by the ADA concluded that this workforce model is not economically feasible or sustainable. But Dr. Jay Friedman believes the ADA's analysis was flawed.
July 25, 2012
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Is the ADHA midlevel provider model fair to hygienists?
The need to adequately address oral healthcare disparities in the U.S. through new workforce considerations is inarguable. But is the advanced dental hygienist practitioner model proposed by the American Dental Hygienists Association (ADHA) the right approach?
April 5, 2012
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Pediatrics
Time to give thumb suckers a break
Despite few studies documenting the actual effects of prolonged thumb sucking on malocclusion, parents and dentists for years have been determined to curtail the habit with methods that can often be traumatic for children. What's all the fuss really about?
March 30, 2010
2009 12 11 14 00 01 405 Second Opinion
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Prophylactic third-molar extractions: The risks outweigh the benefits
Writing in response to Dr. Helaine Smith's recent column on third-molar extractions, Dr. Jay Friedman argues that dentists should use scientific, not anecdotal, evidence before deciding to remove wisdom teeth.
April 19, 2009
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