Dental Headlines & News
Norway Bans Mercury Dental Fillings When the environmental toxin mercury is released to the environment it is very harmful, and i.a. the development of children may be damaged as a result.
Kentucky's Teeth, Toll of Poverty and Neglect 99.6% fluoridated Kentucky is the state with the highest proportion of adults under 65 without teeth, where about half the population does not have dental insurance and has a drastic shortage of dentists in rural areas and oral hygiene habits that have been slow to change The American Dental Association objects to denturism, as the trade is called, because it says practitioners have not received proper training through dental school. Denturists are allowed to practice independently in Idaho, Maine, Montana, Oregon and Washington. In Arizona and Colorado, they can practice with at least limited supervision of a licensed dentist, according to the National Denturist Association. "The truth is that we see people dentists don't because those people are too poor," said Glen Anderson's brother, Eric Anderson, 36. "And there're a lot of these people around here."
Beauty Awards? Where's the teeth?
Turns out that this week in London, there was an event. It's been called, "the Oscars of the beauty industry." The CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women) Beauty Awards foucuses mainly on skin and eye beauty since, it is, afterall, an award show sponsored by the cosmetic...
How to become a dentist There are different routes to becoming a dentist depending on which the country one lives.
Dentists Are Big Fat Liars Dentists have been very derelict in their duty to educate Americans about the real reason why they are getting more cavities. Poor nutrition and too much fluoride.
Root Canal Material Can Cause Severe Allergic Reactions Patient Advocate said in the Dentistry Forum: Anaphylaxis due to formaldehyde released from root-canal disinfectant. A 50-year-old woman developed anaphylaxis 8 h after application of a paraformaldehyde-containing root canal disinfectant. Radioallergosorbent test showed that she had a high level of formaldehyde-specific IgE in her serum. Prick tests to formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde showed immediate-type responses to both. We reviewed the literature describing cases with anaphylaxis/angioedma caused by formaldehyde in root canal disinfectants and found that about 1/2 of the reported cases developed symptoms over 2 h after dental treatment. We speculated that the delay in the manifestation of her symptoms was possibly due to gradual formaldehyde release from paraformaldehyde and time lag of penetrating and diffusing of formaldehyde outside the dentin. Patch testing showed that she also had delayed-type allergy to formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde and eugenol. Physicians should pay attention to root canal disinfectants, even if anaphylaxis occurs several hours after dental treatment. PMID: 12492520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=12492520&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSyst ___________________________
Baby Boomers Want Whiter Teeth in Droves
Are you after that younger look ?Well, you are not alone. People today firmly believe that a whiter smile helps you get a promotion, secure a new job, enhance your love life and just plain add to your looks.More baby boomers than ever are interested in their...
Private equity firm takes control of Den-Mat (Santa Maria Times)
A private equity investment firm has acquired controlling interest in Den-Mat Holdings, a Santa Maria-based manufacturer of cosmetic dentistry products and a major employer in the North County.
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