Dental Headlines & News
Guest columnist: Joplin has answer to health-care crisis Big-time media misrepresent the U.S. health-care system as "dysfunctional." It is only dysfunctional in so far as big government has made it so. Consider the example of the Joplin Community Clinic, an amazing charity that serves 55,000 patients per year from eight counties in Southwest Missouri, even some orthopedic patients from Arkansas. They turn away nobody. Their service is free; they do not discourage patients who can afford it to make a $10 "charitable" donation. About 50 percent of the patients do donate $10. Unlike Medicare/Medicaid, the clinic takes dental patients. For adults, it is limited to extractions, but for children it consists of screenings, cleaning and protective sealants to prevent cavities. Complicated dental procedures like root canals, fillings, braces, caps and bridges are not performed in the clinic's two-chair dental section.
Sonia sparkles on (The West Australian)
It is hard to talk to Sonia Kruger without raising the subject of teeth. After all, she first gained moderate fame as Tina Sparkle in Strictly Ballroom, her own fangs are pearly white and she heads an
UK Asian students skew salary scales Asian students in Britain are choosing their careers on over-inflated expectations of the earnings potential in those fields, according to UK retail giant Tesco.
Teeth Whitening and Hollywood - It's a Match!
I found this fun little website that gives out PR releases on happenings in Hollywood. Here are 2 new releases:Polished Teeth Make The ManTurns out Ben Affleck's teeth were just not up to snuff and it takes pearly whites to make a leading man. Affleck has...
Getting a million-dollar smile at home (Daily Telegraph)
CELEBRITIES flashing megawatt smiles are in every gossip mag yet now teeth whitening is no longer for the rich and famous. There's even now a take-home kit.
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To This!!!: My name is Amanda Miller. I live in and I want to tell you how I changed my teeth from being something I was ashamed of to being something I’m proud to show off. This teeth whitening trick changed my life and I hope it can change yours too.
Louisiana Legislature Action: June 22, 2009 New regulations should be written to govern the mobile dental clinics that have been growing at Louisiana's public schools, the Senate agreed Monday in a 32-3 vote. The proposal (House Bill 687) started as a bid to ban the clinics outright but couldn't gain passage. As it heads back to the House for approval of changes, the bill by Rep. Kevin Pearson, R-Slidell, would direct the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry to come up with new regulations for the mobile units, with guidance on areas the board should consider.
Doc Ismail seeks early release After serving a third of his sentence for masterminding a conspiracy to kill a Cape Town magistrate, former dentist Shaheem "Doc" Ismail has applied to be released from prison.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-28 23:16 Patterson, Henry Schein investors may face pain-Barron's (Interactive Investor)
NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters) - Investors in dental products distributors Henry Schein and Patterson Cos may face some pain as the recession forces people to put off nonessential dental work, according to a Barron's report. Patterson and Schein together control about 70 percent of the approximately $7 billion North American market, Barron's said. Both have expanded into medical and animal-health ...
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...
Say, doc: I'll trade (fill in blank) for a root canal As the economy continues to drift, more and more uninsured Floridians are getting healthcare services without paying a dime.
NHS dentistry shake-up will end the days of 'drill and fill' NHS dentistry is to undergo another major shake-up just three years after the last time it was reformed.
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,...
Charles Addams: two more + Billy Collins on understanding the appeal of dentistry. We discussed also the Gospel of the calling of the apostles by the Lake of Galilee... here is a poem by Billy Collins, a two time poet laureate of the United States of whom I am embarrassed to say I had been unaware, which I find on the internet and think is nice, you may too.
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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