Dental Headlines & News
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.
BSML, Inc. Offers New Veneer Product (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOCA RATON, Fla.----BSML, Inc. , a leading provider of state-of-the-art teeth whitening systems, today announced it is expanding its services with the introduction of a new veneer product.
Remedent, Inc. Receives Initial Purchase Order From CVS Pharmacy Stores (Centre Daily Times)
Remedent, Inc. (OTCBB: REMI), an international company specializing in the research, development, manufacturing of oral care and cosmetic dentistry products, announced today that it has received a significant initial purchase order for its iWhite teeth whitening system from CVS Caremark Corporation. Under the terms of the order, Remedent will initially ship this quarter two SKUs per store, one ...
Industry Leader Opens First Dental Practice in Portage, MIichigan (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Aspen Dental brings more smiles to area with affordable, full-service denture and dental care.
Top 5 Signs That It's Time To See The Dentist A trip to the dentist probably doesn't top your fun things to do list but ignoring the top signs of tooth trouble can cost you.
Teeth whitening increases, dentists caution overuse (The Ohio University Post)
Anorexia, tanorexia and now bleachorexia? With the recent increase in patients requesting teeth-whitening services, dentists warn to bleach with caution.
BBB warns consumers of scams (The Gleaner)
The Better Business Bureau in Louisville is alerting consumers to a number of scams circulating through the region.
The SunPost (The Sun Post)
A.B.B.: Stands for American Brazilian Body and specializes in removing unwanted body hair. That means the upper body, the lower body, the face and the — ahem — pubic area.
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.
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.
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