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Meth Is Bad - Not Just For You But For Your Teeth!
Now, we all know that use of hard drugs is not a good thing but I am not hear to preach about drug addiction, today.I just want to highlight this news: meth (methamphetamine) ruins your oral health. The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) advises it is imperative...
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...
Sarah Miloudi tested the BriteSmile whitening treatment at the Jeremy Isaac Smile Specialists dental clinic (icWales)
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A neglected health care need | Twin Cities Daily Planet | Minneapolis - St. Paul Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health care needs in the US. Millions of Americans have no dental insurance and even those who do often cannot afford the cost of dental care. Despite fluoridation, a study of 2005 visits to 7 Twin Cities' emergency rooms found over 10,000 related to oral health problems at a cost of nearly $5 million. Minnesota is typical of states in its oral health problems, but it is different in creatively pursuing solutions. We know that the current oral health care workforce simply cannot meet the needs of Minnesotans, so we must find a new approach to provide additional, affordable, sustained access to the oral health care system. This is where the Advanced Practice Dental Hygienist (ADHP) comes in. An ADHP will be a licensed dental hygienist educated at the Master's degree level. ADHPs will play an expanded role in treating patients by providing basic services including preventive care, diagnosis, treatment of pain and infection, and simple fillings and extractions, with a primary focus on providing access to oral health care for the underserved. Patients with greater needs will be referred to supervising dentists.
For Missourians finding a dentists could be scary For Missourians covered by Mo HealthNet or Medicaid, not having a dentist can be scary.The House is looking at one way to entice more dentists to become Medicaid providers.
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...
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...
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