Dental Headlines & News
Your Health: Teen Teeth Whitening (WTVQ Lexington)
The desire for whiter, brighter teeth is trickling down to teens and even younger. Kids across the country are bleaching their pearly whites, often without their parent’s knowledge. But there are some things you need to keep in mind to avoid tooth trouble. According to Dr. David Carroll, "Kids are under a lot of pressure, as adults are, to look and to feel to look good, to have ...
Maryland Tooth Decay Up & Untreated A new report says about one out of every three Maryland public school children in grades K through 3 had untreated cavities in recent years.
School makes Olympian effort (Louisville Courier-Journal)
By the end of the school day yesterday, the gym at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in New Albany was looking as if it could be a forum for some of the Olympic events in Beijing this summer.
Dentists 'pressured not to treat children' Health trusts want practitioners to take on more patients who pay NHS charges Dentists are under pressure to deny children treatment, MPs will be told today.
Tooth Whitening Leads in Cosmetic Dentistry (US News & World Report)
A dentist can restore your pearly whites, or you can trim the cost by doing it yourself.
Balanced Diet, Dental Visits Prevent Tooth Decay When it comes to good dental health, some of the best practices are learned at home, according to the Virginia Dental Association.
Water fluoridation is the biggest medical scandal since thalidomide Water fluoridation is the biggest medical scandal since thalidomide This week the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, is expected to call for more health authorities to consider water fluoridation.
Want Whiter Teeth? Watch Your Diet (KARK Little Rock)
If you're looking to brighten your smile, some experts suggest starting with what you eat and drink. Coffee, tea, red wine, and dark syrupy sodas tend to stain your teeth quickly.
Patients 'shafted' by state's dental police Could your next visit to a dentist in Texas turn into a nightmare? An 11 News Defenders investigation reveals you're not as safe as you should be in Texas -- all because of policies with a state agency some say has lost its mission
Toothpaste Damaging Teeth? Does toothpaste give kids bad teeth? It can if they swallow too much fluoride, says Simon Crompton Even dental teams are unaware of the dangers. Richard Harrison, a clinical dental technician from Barnsley, a fluoridated area, certainly wasn't aware that his seven-year old daugher might be at risk of fluorosis. But as soon as her second teeth started to come through, he saw they were mottled and brown-stained with white flecks - the classic sign of dental fluorosis. Too much exposure to fluoride while the second teeth are developing beneath the milk teeth makes their enamel porous, something that doesn't become apparent until the teeth break though. In mild cases, this leads just to a pearly sheen to the teeth. In bad cases there can be staining, chipping and pitting of the tooth. "She always loved strawberry-flavour toothpaste, so she may have swallowed it," Harrison says. "Our biggest fear is how other children will respond to the way she looks." The effects of dental fluorosis are irreversible, although it can be covered up with expensive tooth veneers when children reach their early teens.
Smart Spender (Daily Breeze)
Usually you think of saving money on big-ticket items: a new car, a flat-screen TV, a far-flung vacation. But there are many relatively cheap, everyday items that will suck your bank account dry just as quickly. These common items cost less, but we buy them more often, so unwise purchases add up.
Americans go to Mexico for a cheaper perfect smile It was fear of the hefty bill as much as fear of the drill that kept American musician Don Clay away from U.S. dental clinics for 30 years.
EDITORIAL: Dental crisis requires creative fixes No reasonable person could have read the article about dental care on the front page of this newspaper Monday without feeling disturbed.
Tires from China latest target of U.S. duties (International Herald Tribune)
Nails, steel pipe, a teeth-whitening ingredient and laminated woven sacks are on a diverse list of products slapped with anti-dumping duties since the start of 2008.
Smart Spender (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
Usually you think of saving money on big-ticket items: a new car, a flat-screen TV, a far-flung vacation. But there are many relatively cheap, everyday items that will suck your bank account dry just as quickly.
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