Dental Headlines & News
Keene Dental Care (KMIZ-TV Columbia-Jefferson City)
Are whitening strips safe and which brand do you recommend? If used according to the directions, whitening strips are safe. They may cause some sensitivity to cold, but that should resolve after you stop using them. They can also cause irritation of the gums if the gel gets on the tissue.
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.
Fluoridation's Unhappy Birthday Sixty-three years ago, January 25, 1945, sodium fluoride was slowly poured into Grand Rapids, Michigan's public water supply to prove that fluoridation reduces children's tooth decay.
'CREST'-FALLEN (New York Post)
A Long Island thief who stole teeth-whitening strips is not smiling today - after he was arrested for trading the strips for heroin, police said. Tony Prince, 38, of Hempstead went into a CVS store in Baldwin at 6:40 Sunday night and shoplifted...
Orthodontists and Invisalign Take a Bite Out of Your Bank Account Now to the price: two years of braces cost $6,700 for each kid. The first time I heard the price I almost passed out from the force of the air entering my lungs in an enormous gasp. The second time I was steadier, but the voice in my head screaming, "What the f---?" did not stop for days. My insurance only paid $2,000 per kid. At the risk of sounding incredibly old, do you know how much I paid for my first car? Nine hundred dollars. My current car is only worth half of the cost of one set of braces. The cost is explained as orthodontists needing to pay for "a lot of specialized, expensive equipment and to pay their staff and their rent. The Orthodontists need to pay for all of their materials and the operation of their sterilizers. Then there is the cost of malpractice insurance. Most of an orthodontist's fee goes to paying their fixed cost." If they just added in a sentence here about also paying for their three homes and the yacht, I'd feel less violated. My kids' orthodontist takes almost every Friday off to go sailing, or so I've heard. Nice work if you can get it. We take out a home equity loan and get the braces.
1945 Human Experiment Predicts Current Fluoride Ill Effects In 1945 dentists set out to prove that adding fluoride chemicals into public water supplies safely prevented children's tooth decay. The studies failed; but early fluoridationists ignored this inconvenient truth and forged ahead. Now with 2/3 of public water supplies fluoridated, Americans are fluoride overdosed and suffer from fluoride's toxic effects as cavity rates climb.
Dental charges too prohibitive I am writing out of concern for what is going on in the dental "industry." It has become an impossible situation. When the cost of having a root canal and a cap put on just one tooth is more than $2,000, who can afford it? That is more than two months' income for me, and there are many like me who cannot afford dental insurance or who have only minimal coverage. While dentists work to "preserve teeth," they have made it impossible for many to do that by the outrageous fees they charge. It is indeed a sad situation when people have to endure intolerable pain/discomfort and can only go to a dentist as a last resort. What is even worse is when they cannot afford what needs to be done and have no choice other than having the tooth pulled. It has become less painful to the body and the pocketbook to "gum it" for the rest of your life. Preventive care? In actuality, the costs are preventing care
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 ...
San Marcos dentist treats the poor in Honduras (San Diego Union-Tribune)
While some North County dentists were sprucing up holiday smiles with porcelain veneers, gold grills and whitening treatments, Erin Gray was relieving the pain of children with severe tooth abscesses and infections in one of the poorest regions of Central America.
US Rules Teeth-Whitening Chemical From China Dumped On US Market (Nasdaq)
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday it has determined that a chemical found in teeth-whitening products has been unfairly dumped on the U.S. market.
MB mall gets 2 new stores (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Two new stores have opened at Myrtle Beach Mall, formerly Colonial Mall.
Big boats are heading to Europe (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By ANDREA SACHS Last year was a very good one for the cruise industry, with a spike in passenger numbers and a flurry of ship construction. But now it's time to look ahead to the top sailing trends for 2008. Oh, Caribbean, we shall miss you, but we'll think of you while basking in the Mediterranean sun. The cruising world started '08 with a strong push. According to the U.S. Department of ...
Dental Practice Act further regulates requirements to administer deeper levels of sedation A Dental Practice Act requirement for dentists administering deeper levels of sedation to acquire permits went into effect Jan.
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