Dental Headlines & News
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
New Advances In Cosmetic Dentristy Stimulate Tooth Tissue Growth
What if there was a drug that could revive the tissues of your mouth that support your teeth?Well, it seems that there is a biopharmaceutical company that says it has a such a drug. It's called, Acologix and it is said to be able to restore the dental pulp...
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...
Professionals Ask Governor Jindal to Veto Unfair Fluoridation Bill With American Dental Association funding, the Louisiana Dental Association (LDA), hired public relations and lobbying firms to promote the fluoridation bill. The LDA boasts that they have huge access to legislators. On their website they state that their activities include "the use of staff and contract lobbyists, governmental publications, legislative reporting service,dinners for legislators, Dentists' Day at the Legislature, and VoterVOICE!"
As Baby Boomers Ease into Retirement, Businesses Seek Accumulated Wealth (HispanicBusiness.com)
Baby boomers have become a prized commodity for a variety of companies, and their sheer numbers mean businesses are lining up to steer their wealth accumulation in the right direction as the rite of retirement nears.
Too Much Fluoride Is Not Good For Your Health
Are your childrend getting too much fluoride in their water or your toothpaste?Studies have found that an over abundance of fluoride in children undergoing tooth formation tends to lead to a condition called, dental fluorosis.- a condition indicated by the...
Economic Downturn Affects Cosmetic Medical Industry (donga.com)
With consumer confidence dropping rapidly due to an economic slowdown, the cosmetic medical services industry is suffering the impact. The hardest hit is the medical services, which are not covered by the national health insurance.
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
Mouth Piercings Increase Gum Disease Risk Tel Aviv University researchers say about 15 percent to 20 percent of teens with oral piercings are at high risk for tooth fractures and gum disease.
Beauty : Care For Your Looks Starting Today!
It is said that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. That probably explains why possessing beauty and being beautiful is one of the foremost preoccupations of human beings. Over the years, consumerism has transformed such preoccupations into frank obsession....
Smoking is Bad For Your Teeth Plus Smoking and Bad Breath
Smoking Dangers RevealedTobacco intake is the single most preventable cause of premature death in today’s times. Tobacco or nicotine is the chemical that narrows our blood vessels thereby reducing the life giving air that we intake, which in turn forces us...
Free Holiday Portrait Gifts and more!
I just found a great offer just in time for the holidays. What if you could sign up your family for a portait shoot for the holiday and get all kinds of extra freebies when you do?Well, if you schedule your portrait online at the Glamour Shots Website, then...
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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