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The Dental News of September 29, 2009


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Baby Boomers Want Whiter Teeth in Droves
Are you after that younger look ?Well, you are not alone. People today firmly believe that a whiter smile helps you get a promotion, secure a new job, enhance your love life and just plain add to your looks.More baby boomers than ever are interested in their...

Asheville dentists offer 'gift of smiles'

Dozens of local residents would most likely be in pain if it weren't for a group of local dentists who volunteered to clean teeth, fill cavities and perform extractions this week for free.

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...

Decoding forensic clues in the teeth

DENTAL DECODER: Dentist David Antunovic helped identify victims of the Boxing Day tsunami using dental records.

Free Dental Clinic Draws Huge Crowds

A free dental clinic at the Iowa Speedway on Friday brought huge crowds out to get everything from a routine checkup to a root canal.

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...

The American Way of Dentistry: Where have all the dentists gone?

Slate Magazine, by June Thomas

Everybody knows about the crisis in American medical care. Nobody knows about the crisis in American dentistry, which shares some symptoms with the larger health care mess and differs from it in other, more intriguing, ways. Dentistry is the shirttail cousin of the health care system. It is the branch of medicine the affluent use most, but in many ways it is the least familiar, its shortcomings and inequities hiding in plain sight. Few people take dentistry seriously enough to contemplate the possibility that it might be in a dire state. But it is. In the coming days I'll try to explain why

'Surrogates' becomes unintentionally silly more than scary

For many years I've been a country jogger or walker, and if I don't peer into the cars that pass by, I might convince myself I'm the only person within miles.

Google-like tool helps Gilbert police get info fast

The half-dozen 911 calls in April didn't offer Gilbert police much detail. A man shouting for help, waving a gun was hobbling through the street with a bloodied leg.

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...

Saving smiles in Vietnam

Maj. Diep Le, a dentist and Air Force Reservist from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., makes time Sept.

Pulling Teeth for Jesus

One of our goals for the coming year is to begin planning and raising funds for a Mobile Dental Clinic for the north of Burkina Faso.

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...

Third-generation dentist takes uncommon approach to oral health

For Dr. Sharon Brackelmanns of Randolph, dentistry can truly be said to be in her blood.


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