Dentistry News

If fluoride is a toxic chemical and our government warnings regarding toothpaste and mouthwash are harsh, it may be a red flag to stop adding fluoride to our water.

I returned three weeks later for a gruelling one-and-a-half hour session where he drilled back ten teeth ready for the veneers.

It felt like a physical assault. Having the enamel of healthy teeth blasted away is every bit as invasive as the surgeon's scalpel slicing into your skin. Sitting in his chair, my mouth numbed by the anaesthetic and my lips blown up like lilos (or so it felt), I kept telling myself how thrilled I would be with my new smile. After 90 minutes of drilling and drooling, the 'temporaries' were fitted.

General medical practitioners and pharmacists are the largest perpetrators of fraud in South Africa, followed by specialists.

The cost of insurance wasn't so much the problem as the amount Tracee Gingrich was required to pay for even the simplest dental procedures.

ANGER is building in the bush as regional Queenslanders have to wait up to three and a half years for basic dental care due to lack of cash and planning.

I was informed by the receptionist that before I can be considered for acceptance onto the dentists list I have to have a dental x-ray performed! Yes, I said 'before'. I queried why this was and the reply was somewhat vague and confusing I have to say. She seemed (I say seemed because she was so vague it was hard to decipher any real meaning in the conversation) to be suggesting that if the x-ray indicates I need much work I won't be accepted! Now forgive me here if you are a dentist reading this but it smacks yet again to me of dentistry in this country no longer being about care or integrity but being about making the buck! I know we all have to make a living and I appreciate many of the issues dentists have had over recent years with the government but at some point I wonder if they could stop in-fighting and consider us, the patient stuck in the middle!

Dr. Swing says she noticed teeth missing from He in a video that's typical of a child age 8 or 9 instead of 16. "I notice that one of them, when they did smile, they looked off-camera--and somebody must have said something, because her mouth was shut immediately. So I think someone is knowing that this is a giveaway. I'm concerned about their mental health."

Randi Tolsky-Schwartz uses a fine brush and a stippling, or dotting, technique to fill in color on a damaged Indian vase.

They're under state investigation, but they're still collecting state money. Small Smiles Dentistry, which removed all traces of its name in late May, is now known simply as a "dentist's office." New York ...

Studies done in several countries show that children’s IQ are likely to be lower in high natural water fluoride areas, said Howard. These studies are plausible because fluoride is known to affect the thyroid hormone which affects intelligence and fluoride is also a neurotoxicant, said Howard. Such studies have not been conducted in countries that artificially fluoridate the water such as the US, UK and Canada, but should be, he said.

A singing dentist has been prevented from putting his version of the Prince track Purple Rain on his debut album despite winning over record company bosses with his take on the song.

A Newsweek web exclusive last week examined efforts to provide access to dental care for low-income residents of Appalachia and other underserved rural regions of the U.S., where the "dire dental situation is emblematic of the larger health care crisis" in the nation.

The piece of porcelain that was fitted permanently over his bad tooth was created by a machine called a CEREC3, which is actually two machines in one.

The first one is a two-foot computer with a screen that is positioned near the patient. After the affected tooth is prepared for a crown, a dental technician coats the tooth with a tasteless powder that shows up on a 3D camera, which makes an optical impression.

A crown is then designed to fit over the impaired tooth -- nooks, crannies and all -- a process that takes about 30 minutes.

With the push of a button, a small block of porcelain is carved into a crown in a nearby milling machine. That takes about 15 minutes..

ALMOST 200 dentists have withdrawn from the State dental scheme for medical card patients over the past 18 months as part of an ongoing row with the Health Service Executive over the negotiation of a new fee ...

Children now take drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, vitamin D deficiency, iron deficiency, lack of fluoride, calcium deficiency, heartburn, slow gastric emptying, urinary backup, menstrual regulation, recurrent ear infections, constipation, bed wetting, headache, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anorexia - the list goes on.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Dentistry Article Date: 06 Aug 2008 Fewer dentists in Utah are accepting new Medicaid beneficiaries and some are refusing to accept Medicaid ...

The Hispanic Dental Association has chosen Dentist's Advantage to be the exclusive corporate sponsor of professional liability insurance to HDA members.

Fluoride could be added to almost half of all tap water under Government plans. Currently only around 10 pc of all tap water has fluoride added Photo: GETTY IMAGES Officials want 40 per cent of England's water ...

The Academy of General Dentistry has announced its bestowment of honorary membership to Congressman Michael Simpson and considers him a member of the organization.

In an August First story about a Chicago patient's death during a root canal, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, misspelled the ...