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The Dental News of September 20, 2008


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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....

Economic Fears Can Affect Dental Care

In the Seattle area, for every 10,000 people who lost their jobs, there was a 1.2 percent decrease in visits to dentists for checkups. The drop was higher in the Spokane area, where the same increase in unemployment was associated with a 5.95 percent decrease in preventive visits. This is notable as the study looked at people who had dental insurance that covered routine care.

(Ed. Note: Wonder if their was a co-pay)

Anger as dentists' pay soars to 100,000 a year

HEALTH Service dentists are earning more than 100,000 a year on average. Figures due out this week will show they received a 13 per cent pay rise last year despite treating 1.1million fewer patients.

EDITORIAL: Dental drill-and-fill idea a bit hard to swallow

Let's say you live on the Iron Range or elsewhere in rural Minnesota. And let's say there isn't a dentist nearby.

One idea that has captured the attention of Lloyd and others is a four-year dental therapy program, whose graduates would be allowed to drill and fill all patients and pull teeth in children (but not adults). The profession exists in Canada and New Zealand, where Lloyd and a Minnesota dental care delegation visited in August, and the group will soon be off to England to see dental therapists in action there

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,...

California Dental Association Foundation launches dental risk assessment campaign

The California Dental Association Foundation will launch an oral-health campaign Sept.

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...

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...

Snap on Teeth - Florida Cosmetic Dentist Reveals All!
A Dazzling Celebrity Smile May Not Be Out of Reach with Snap-on-Teethby Florida Dentist Dr. Mitchell A. PohA new affordable entry into the field of cosmetic dentistry is becoming vogue, Snap-on-Teeth.Now individuals who don't have that perfect white smile can...

First shot fired in the fluoride war as - drop ins' labelled - a sham'

HEALTH chiefs are urging residents and workers in those areas that could be set to receive fluoridated water to make the most of a series of drop-in events being held during the official public consultation ...

One in four 'cannot afford dental checkups' as credit crunch bites

More than six out of 10 people say they are spending less money looking after their health as the cost of living rises.


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