Dental Headlines & News
The Hidden Healthcare Crisis Last Spring, following the death of twelve-year old Deamonte Driver of Maryland whose untreated tooth infection spread to his brain, I wrote about the national epidemic of dental disease and the lack of access ...
Dentist makes your mouth picture perfect (Chicago Sun-Times)
A visit to the dentist these days might include hearing a pitch for a teeth whitening or viewing "before" and "after" pictures of recommended reconstructive tooth work.
Mesa school gets face lift (The Arizona Republic)
Students at Powell Junior High School got a campus they can be proud of.
Recession or not, the suffering is real (Inside Bay Area)
ECONOMISTS and politicians can debate all they want about whether the nation is sliding into its first recession in nearly seven years.
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.
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.
The Price Of A Perfect Smile (Forbes)
From whitening solutions to veneers, what you can expect to pay for twinkling teeth.
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.
Remedent, Inc.'s iWhite Light Activated Teeth Whitening Product Garners Increasing Monthly Sales at Costco.com (Centre Daily Times)
Remedent, Inc. (OTCBB: REMI), an international company specializing in the research, development, manufacturing of oral care and cosmetic dentistry products, reported that iWhite, a breakthrough, hi-tech discovery in teeth whitening incorporating its patent pending tray delivery system, has recorded seven (7) consecutive months of increased sales from Costco.com, the online website of Costco ...
263 women hoping to be 500 Festival pincess (The Indianapolis Star)
Kimberly Libertino did more than brush up on the basics of the Indy 500 to prepare for her 500 Festival princess interview.
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
If spending drives the economy, brake is on (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Consider Jillian Pearson’s lonely chair at the LaMode hair salon in Richfield, where customers are letting their roots grow out to save on the cost of regular colorings.
Recession watch A few win, many lose as the current market downturn shows no sign of turning around (Contra Costa Times)
Economists and politicians can debate all they want about whether the nation is sliding into its first recession in nearly seven years. To Chuck Rizzo, the picture is clear.
Belt-tightening could be in order for consumers (The Press-Enterprise)
Joi Freemont, a dentist in suburban Atlanta, doesn't have to look farther than her appointment book to tell that people are worried about money. When patients who used to get their teeth whitened all the time "now want to think about it a bit," she said. Braces?
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