Dentistry News

NHS Lothian is rethinking the accurate, if rather too conspicuous, naming of the Chalmers Sexual Health Centre, following fears the bold sign was putting off patients.

Although most countries abandoned the practice of forced fluoridation years ago, the debate is still a lively one here in America, where cities and states are still wondering whether to add the chemical to their water supplies. A bill being presented in New Jersey would, if passed, mandate that all cities start using fluoride. The argument for fluoridation is ostensibly to prevent tooth decay, but Paul Connett and his coauthors say the science behind the practice is not sound, and that governments who pursue it are medicating their constituents by force.

Saturday was Jeff Fisher's lucky day. Unable to afford a visit to the dentist, the New Bedford man had been nursing a bad tooth for months when he heard a radio announcement that Harelick Dental Associates in Fairhaven was offering free dental care on a first-come, first-served basis that same day.

"Everyday in our hustle and bustle of life we fail to see people around us who are less fortunate," said Dr.

My guest for the evening was a newfound hunting buddy Rick, a young dentist from Wyoming who had his heart set on hunting hogs in Texas.

Most of the diseases that plague our society today were not part of any society prior to the institution of American grain products. Weston A. Price was the first to make this connection. Price was a dentist who began seeing a rise in tooth decay. His theory was that it was related to something in our diets. He decided to close his practice and travel the world to see what he could find out. From 1931-1937 he performed studies comparing native tribes to tribes that had begun to eat western grains. The conclusions he found were astonishing.

The new site, http://myestheticsmile.com , was redesigned to enhance patient communication and make it easier for patients to find oral health information.

An Anchorage dentist has opened up his clinic for a day of free dental care to people without insurance or those who cannot afford dental work.

A quarter of dentists plan to cut staff this year while a fifth want to sell their practice, a new survey has found.

When we wrote our book, “The Case Against Fluoride” (Chelsea Green, 2010), we hoped that it would raise the level of debate on water fluoridation. So we were disappointed that the New Jersey Legislature is considering a bill that would require fluoride in all public water supplies.

There are two fundamental scientific questions on water fluoridation: 1) Does it work? 2) Is it safe? The answer to both is no. Here's why:

Dr. Alexandra Khaimov hates that there are people in the city suffering from decaying teeth, gum disease and severe halitosis - just because they can't afford a trip to the dentist.

This column is for all the crooked-toothed adults out there: Tell me if you can relate to this story.

KC's 23 1/2 Hour Plumbing in Palm Springs has made a commitment to sponsor a food drive to... Dennis Golary and Larry Gibson were diagnosed with AIDS in the mid-1980s. Doctors gave them 18 months to live, but death didn't come; heart disease, pneumonia, blindness, staph, diabetes and Hepatitis C did.

Detectives unearthed a skull fragment and other human remains Saturday in this rural San Joaquin County town while excavating a well identified by a serial killer's hand drawn map as a dumping ground of a dozen bodies, a sheriff's spokesman said.

The seven candidates running Sunday against President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov have all made praise for the energy-rich former Soviet nation's leadership a central plank of their campaigns.

This 6-week yoga class teaches postures and breathing techniques for awareness and relaxation.

Discount shoppers routinely scour the Internet's daily deal sites for the best bargains.

Turkmenistan votes on Sunday in a one-sided election certain to extend the rule of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov over a Central Asian country holding 4 percent of global gas reserves, which rights groups rank among the world's most repressive.

Despite admission by the Federal Government that American children are fluoride over-exposed and that fluoride's benefits are primarily topical, "Since fluoride's benefits are topical, it makes no sense to swallow fluoride and makes even less sense to put fluoride into drinking water when fluoridated toothpaste is available to everyone," says NJ ... (more)

On February 11th, the Fluoride Action Network , a citizen watchdog group, reported that the New Jersey legislature is in the process of putting together a new law that would force mandatory fluoride into all the residents of New Jersey via the water supply.