The World Health Organization has adopted a global strategy to create an oral health action plan.

Here are six clinical leadership updates for dentists to know from the last 60 days:

The American Dental Association's New Dentist Committee is partnering with a nonprofit to make dentists aware of mental health services available to them. 

The American Dental Association has launched a program to provide its members at the national, state and local levels with resources to advance diversity and inclusion.

Dallas-based Prism Health North Texas, a healthcare nonprofit, is acquiring Community Dental Care of Texas to increase access to each other's services and provide care to those with HIV/AIDS, according to a May 17 News Tribune report.

Denver Health Family Health Center in Montbello is integrating dental and medical care by offering vaccinations for children during their dental appointments, Fox affiliate KDVR reported May 11.

New York University College of Dentistry students were the first in the U.S. to perform student-led robot-assisted dental implant surgery, the university reported May 5.

Preventive dentistry could not only save the lives of patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease, but save them hundreds of dollars, according to a Mayo Clinic-led study published in the Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry.

Most Americans believe there is a connection between oral and overall health, according to the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health's "State of Oral Health Equity in America" survey.

From the effects of nanozyme therapy on dental plaque to the link between oral bacteria and hypertension, here are five recent dental studies to know:

The ADA offered guidance on how the No Surprises Act could affect dental practices and six other federal government and policy updates for dentists to know from the last month:

The American Dental Association offered guidance on how the recently enacted No Surprises Act could affect dental practices.

The Partnership for Medicaid recently called on Congress to give state Medicaid agencies 120 days to prepare for the conclusion of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

ADA researchers recently collaborated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology on a study that could lead to more information on how experimental gum disease drugs affect blood vessels. 

Patients given alternative antibiotics to amoxicillin are more than twice as likely to experience dental implant failure compared to those given amoxicillin, according to a study by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry in New York City.

The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act, a legislation requiring insurers to cover dental and oral procedures to treat birth defects, passed the House of Representatives April 4.

At the fourth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, more than 130 nations unanimously agreed to an amendment requiring countries to protect vulnerable populations from dental amalgam use.

The National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards on March 28 recognized the American Board of Orofacial Pain as the national certifying board for orofacial pain specialists.

Most dentists still require clinical staff to wear masks continuously regardless of region, according to the American Dental Association.

The National Council on Disability recently sent a report to President Joe Biden that details the costs and benefits of establishing basic Medicaid dental coverage for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.