Dental Headlines & News
Littlest Patients Mistreated for Profits? Morgan was subjected to five pulpotomies -- also known as baby root canals -- plus five fillings and crowns; Jazmin had 11 baby root canals done in a single visit; and another little girl named Antavia Diggsby had 14. DeRose declined to speak with ABC News on camera, but his Colorado home speaks volumes. It's a lavish, seven-bath, 12,000-square-foot residence complete with a pool, a hot tub and a big new extension that'll house a dance studio and a personal gym. DeRose made a fortune after he and his partners sold another chain of dental clinics called Small Smiles two years ago for $300 million. Now sources say that some of those 70 clinics operating in 22 states have also had problems.
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...
Monarch Dental Expands Again in San Antonio (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA ANA, Calif.----Bright Now! Dental Inc., the nation's leading provider of business support services to dentists, announces the grand opening of a new Monarch Dental in San Antonio.
Getting dental care like pulling teeth for patient Marisa Atkins, 18, was having two molars removed when her dentist stopped the procedure because he felt she needed to see a specialist.
N.J. fossil hunter hits pay dirt: Dinosaur bone MARLBORO -- To the average passerby, the roughly 3-by-3-inch brown disc laying on the banks of Big Brook might not have looked like much - an oddly shaped rock maybe, or tossed-aside debris.
Family of NJ dental patient who died awarded $11M The family of a New Jersey man who died hours after having his wisdom teeth removed has won more than $11 million in damages.
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...
Red coating won't make your teeth pearls (The Times of India)
Recent studies of department of dental science in Banaras Hindu University suggest that red coating are fast emerging as major causes of dental problems.
Hard Economic Times Affect Patients, Dentists - And The Tooth Fairy In preparation for the Chicago Dental Society's 144th annual Midwinter Meeting, which will draw more than 30,000 dental professionals to Chicago this February, society members were asked about oral care tips, ...
Free Dental Work With a slumping economy, many consumers are finding a way to pinch every penny possible.
Dentist wants to curb high school dropout rate A McLean County dentist and congressional candidate in 2000 has decided to cut back on practicing dentistry and instead concentrate on bringing attention to the nation s high school dropout rate.
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