Dental Headlines & News
End era of mercury fillings The United States Food and Drug Administration is on the verge of limiting the use of dentistry's 19th-century foundation-stone, amalgam fillings.
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....
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...
Doctors Have New Tool To Detect Oral Cancer If you smoke, drink or are sexually active, you could be at risk for oral cancer.A Healthwatch reporter Kellye Lynn says doctors are turning to a new tool to find suspicious lesions before they become cancer.
Utah Dentist Exposes Dangers Of Silver and Mercury Fillings
Silver Amalgams and Mecury Fillings in Your Teeth Are Not Safe!Baby boomers beware! What you have been told all these years about silver fillings may not be all they are cracked up to be. Truth is, it may be time to retire those old silver and mercury fillings,...
Men, Teeth Whitening and the Big Wedding Day Plan
In the UK (but you can bet it is everywhere), looking their best on the big wedding day is important to the man as much as the woman. More and more men are worrying about their matrimonial appearance with many taking drastic measures to look good, a survey...
Future of Dentures in Fast Decay As long as there are hockey players, there will be niche markets for false teeth. "Certainly lifestyle is a piece of this -- diet, exercise. On the obesity and smoking side, West Virginia ranks very, very high," says Kenneth E. Thorpe, professor of health policy at Emory University and a consultant to the West Virginia legislature on health reform. He also points to "access to early-on primary care. Low-income kids don't see the dentist ever. "But all rural Appalachia -- it goes back to lifestyle. Lack of exercise, poor diet. Just the fat intake during the day. Cheap, high-calorie fast food is abundant. West Virginia ranks very low on nutritional markers like vegetables, fruits. Fluoridation is a waste of tax dollars.
Fund-raiser held in honor of pancreatic cancer victim (Watertown Daily Times)
OCONOMOWOC - “I Won't Back Down” is the theme of a rock ‘n roll fund-raiser to be held Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. at Olympia Resort and Conference Center in honor of local woman Teresa Krier, who lost a battle to pancreatic cancer in August 2008 at age 49.
What's in a name? 10 cases where moniker maketh man In their book Yes!, Goldstein, Martin and Cialdini cite the classic piece of research that supports the idea that nominative determism really exists. A study of the rolls of the American Dental Association shows that more people called Dennis become dentists than you would expect if the choice of profession were purely random.
Dental Care in Guatemala by A Caring Dentist
Dentist Hal Reed is a gracious dentist who cares. Since 1998, Dr. Reed has spearheaded a group of dentists into the depths of Guatemala for the underprivileged children there. In this poverty stricken country, Reed helps those in need. "Reed's mission is...
Good, The Bad and The Ugly about Veneers According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, in 2006 almost 600,000 cosmetic veneer procedures were performed in the United States.
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