Dentistry News

Glasgow police arrested a man and are searching for another suspect after officers arrived to a robbery and fight in progress in an apartment early Friday.

Jacqui Friedling, of the University of Cape Town's human biology department, studied the phenomenon in 2003 and found fashion and peer pressure the main reasons for removing teeth, followed by gangsterism and medical reasons. "It's the 'in' thing to do. It was already fashionable in my parents' time," she said of the practice which has been around for at least 60 years.

Dental modification in Africa is historically found only in tribal people, including filing of teeth and ornamentation, but in modern Cape Town the practice abounds, often as a rite of passage for teenagers - almost exclusively from poorer families.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid's health reform bill fulfills the promise that more than 132 million Americans with family dental coverage can keep their current dental plan without disrupting established dentist-patient relationships, according to the National Association of Dental Plans.

A year ago, Eric Nunnally was working in his father's laboratory. Today, he's a student at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, wearing scrubs, dissecting a human body and learning to drill a cavity prep.

National dentistry chains are growing, and they're hiring on all levels. The economic outlook may be grim, but people always need to get their teeth fixed.

Two weeks ago, 33-year-old Heather Stone was raking leaves to raise enough money for her first trip to a dentist in 12 years.

In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in treatment and immediately removing from practice anyone who relapses.

The rules will require nurses, dentists and other health workers in state-run recovery programs to take at least 104 drug tests in their first year -- more than double any current requirement.

Some might find it tough to have a profession that strikes fear in many people's hearts.

Bridge Community Health Clinic and Northcentral Technical College have formed a collaboration that will allow the clinic to serve dental patients at NTC's David R. Obey Center for Health Sciences.

Quark Inc. is moving into the business of producing small companies' marketing materials and print-job ordering with a free online product it unveiled Thursday.

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Marathon Oil [S: mro] said Thursday it expects 2009 production growth of 6% over the year-ago period.

With the price of gold through the roof, some people in the northeast Missouri town of Hannibal are literally putting their money where their mouth is.

A father-of-five died after ignoring a dentist's advice to go to hospital to get treatment for a tooth infection.

New information shows that gum disease is clearly related to cancer and heart disease according to reliable research and that gum disease represents a public health concern.

If you were to run into me at one of the New York gatherings to which I am occasionally invited, you might think that I was born into the cocktail class.

Dr. Thomas Stewart, a Navy captain and dentistry veteran of more than 30 years, has been elected president of the California Dental Association.

IT'S A DEAL - Dr. John Conklin closes the deal of turning over his dental practice to Dr.

The dad of a boy who accused Michael Jackson of abusing him has committed suicide.

Dr. Arron McWilliams has been awarded a $100,000 educational loan repayment grant through the Fulfilling Iowa's Need for Dentists project, which recruits dentists to rural communities and underserved Iowa counties by helping them with their education debt.