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The Dental News of June 22, 2008


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Take A Cruise and Whiten Your Teeth In Style!
Extreme makeovers while cruising the high seas? Why not!You can take a European cruise from www.royalcaribbean.co.uk and find that their spa offers a range of treatment rooms, offering everything from teeth whitening to detox procedures. Rather stay on land?Manhattan,...

Beverly Hills Cosmetic Dentist Reveals All
Hilary Duff just got porcelain veneers to go over her four chipped front teethOther stars going the cosmetic smile improving route: Michael Douglas also likes porcelain veneers.Other celebs including Jon Bon Jovi, Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jessica...

3D Dentistry

The world of dentistry is going 3-D. X-rays now have the ability to show a dentist much more than just your teeth. It costs more and delivers more radiation that conventional X-rays; but isn't used routinely - only in special cases

Dental house calls (Welland Tribune)
Getting your teeth cleaned doesn't have to be a fear-filled trip to the dentist's office anymore, says registered dental hygienist Jodie Conley. Earlier this month, Conley opened the Peninsula Dental Hygiene Clinic. The office is a little unique in that it's based in her Fenwick home, complete [...]

Think Yellow Teeth Are Funny?
Think having yellow teeth is funny? Well, since it's close to the holidays, I thought that I would just look around and find a funny story to tell about teeth rather than promote the number one, one and only teeth whitening kit that I recommend.After all, if...

Plymouth dentist's whiter smiles go the extra mile (The Colonial)
When son Nicholas, now 14, was diagnosed with autism, Plymouth Meeting dentist Dr. Aleksandar Damevski decided to mark National Autism Awareness Month - observed each April - with an annual teeth-whitening benefit for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

A Dental Scandal

Just because kids need to see dentists doesn't mean dentists have to see Medicaid patients.

This was the situation Deamonte Driver's mother faced [Deamonte died from untreated tooth decay]. She was on Medicaid and searched in vain for weeks for a dentist who would see her children.

Nationally, only a fraction of licensed dentists regularly accept Medicaid patients.

Spring Wedding Season Calls For Immediate White Teeth Measures
Yes, folks, spring is almost upon us and many a bride-to-be is preparing for the big day.There is so much prepr for a wedding that it can be overwhelming so let's just do a short review of your teeth whitening options:There are, basically, only 2 methods to...

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...

Smokers: Win a Laser Teeth Whitening Session
Win a laser teeth whitening session with a silly quiz and go to England! Seems silly and it is but it is all about taking notice of your smile and what smoking can do to darken your teeth. An ad going around the UK reads as follows:Is your New Year resolution...

Governor Ceremonially Signs Dental Access Bill

A pilot program is established to provide tax credits to encourage dentists to practice in these areas for five years. At the conclusion of the pilot, the Legislature will determine whether to continue, alter or suspend the program.

The real cost of a Hollywood smile

The vogue for veneers may be lining dentist' pockets, but this procedure is not the quick fix it seems to be - and is far from risk-free. Jane Feinmann reports

Battling oral health barriers

Something that is unusual is an office that accepts Medicaid patients at all in a state where Medicaid doesn't pay for dental care for adults unless they're blind, pregnant or disabled and doesn't pay enough for children's dental care to come close to covering what it costs dentists to treat them. But some hope that, by emphasizing the importance of dental health and how difficult it is for low-income Missourians to maintain it, this situation might eventually improve.


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