Dentistry News Archives

President of the Missouri Dental Association proposes a new tier to dentistry that could assist with dwindling numbers of rural providers… just like medical facilities have RNs, family practitioners, and anesthesiologists... dental care providers could be trained for services in between hygienists and dentists with exact duties taught so they would not be under trained

The results were not heartening for those of us who have suffered through dozens upon dozens of cleanings. The meta analysis of qualifying studies suggested that the evidence was mixed, at best. For example, there is not strong evidence that hygienist cleaning reduces gingivitis

A new study shows that lack of dental care may have life-threatening implications, by finding that the number of people needing hospital treatment for dental abscesses has doubled in 10 years despite the fact that these serious infections are preventable with regular dental care.

But dentistry in both the UK and the US has become a luxury item for those who can afford it.

A German folk saying that means "every child costs the mother one tooth" may hold a lot of truth, research published Thursday indicates.

According to the scorecard, if all states performed as well as the top few states:

* 11.8 million more children would get their recommended yearly medical and dental check-ups;

MORE patients are managing to register with NHS dentists in the Lothians as the waiting-list crisis shows signs of easing.

Smile and Wellbeing Dental Care, in South Street, Bishop's Stortford, is claiming a first' for the area after patient Leslie Mason had two teeth and roots removed, without any pain-killing drugs.

Two kinds of traumatic tooth loss can occur during childhood: The child can lose a primary tooth prematurely, or they can lose a permanent tooth.

Watch out tooth fairy, you may have some competition. A new technology is available in Houston that will allow parents to save a baby tooth from their child for its stem cells.

Smoothies 'can damage your teeth' "Every time you sip on a fruit smoothie your teeth are placed under acid attack for up to an hour" It has been claimed that smoothies are good for health.

News reporters found personal documents in a dentist's dumpster

Fluoridation did not lower tooth decay rates according to US Centers for Disease Control statistics.

The most highly fluoridated states have very high cavity rates, much of it untreated (2), the CDC reports.

TULSA Politicians may battle over the usage of medical insurance, but Mark Hodge said they are overlooking one key health component.

Shazal Ali works under an umbrella and rolls out a yellow mat when his customers arrive.

Ali, 19, is an unlicensed dentist. He is able to scratch out a living on the fringe of the health care profession here for three big reasons: Pakistan doesn't have enough qualified dentists, the country can't keep qualified dentists in the work force, and many citizens know little about oral health care.

In the case of the dentist shortage, concerned health care officials are handcuffed because women, who account for a majority of students in dental schools here, frequently bow to cultural pressure and leave dentistry when it's time to marry and raise a family, usually no later than their 30th birthday.

A dental hygienists' trade group wants the state to speed up implementation of a law that would help ease the lack of dental care throughout the state.

A new way of analysing ancient tooth tartar shows early coastal Brazilians included shellfish in the days or weeks before they died Yuck factor aside, ancient tartar-encrusted teeth may be a biological goldmine ...

Entrepreneurs at malls nationwide are eager to sit you down at their new teeth-whitening booths for 20-minute treatments that typically cost $49 to $99.

The kiosks provide basically the same bleaching process consumers can get at a dentist's office or, for that matter, in many over-the-counter whiteners sold at pharmacies and supermarkets.

Edward Thomas' jaw has ached for six years. He's been in and out of emergency rooms after being injured in a car accident, but the doctors have all told him the same thing - go see a dentist.

But not dentists will see him.

For more than a decade, poor parents across [fluoridation-mandated] Connecticut have complained about frustrating searches for dentists willing to take their cases, while their children cried in pain from rotten or broken teeth.

Of about 2,237 dentists practicing in the state, only about 100 — a mere 4 percent — agree to treat large numbers of impoverished families.

Studying thousands of patients, Japanese researchers have found a strong link between tooth loss and increased risk of three cancers - ' esophageal, head and neck, and lung.

A group of private citizens in San Diego County is planning to file a large-scale lawsuit in federal court against public water districts and challenge the constitutionality of using industrial-grade hydrofluosilicic acid to fluoridate drinking water.

For decades dentists have told us to brush our teeth after each meal and before bedtime, but all that brushing could backfire.

When a Local Dentist Is Disciplined, Parents Share News -- and Views -- Online .

Teeth-whitening kiosks have come to the mall, but how effective are they?

"It's a simple over-the-counter product that people use at the mall instead of at home," ...

Why is it assumed by so many that the American Dental Association would be automatically untouched by corruption?

How many dentists have actually sat down to do their own research, and how many of those have traced those research papers (which speak glowingly of the benefits of hydrofluosilicic acid back to their roots)? Who were the people or organizations responsible for the funding of those research projects?

Iowa should create a new class of dental therapists to take care of children's teeth, because dentists are not getting the job done, says a dental professor

Dentists often say they limit their Medicaid work because the program pays them too little. But Nash said states that have dramatically raised reimbursements have not seen corresponding increases in dentists willing to accept more Medicaid patients. "Many dentists just do not want to see these people in their offices," he said.

A jet of ionised gas forms a "plasma needle" that could revolutionise dental treatment The plasma plume is at room temperature and can be touched with a naked finger A new way to examine the composition of ...

The Kansas Dental Board found itself Friday in the middle of a debate over whether repealing its rule would endanger public health.

Persistent consumer complaints are causing some stains on a Procter && Gamble Co.

The strong-selling product has caused some users to report discoloration of their teeth and numbing taste

Local officials say the need for dental care for Medicaid-insured and uninsured children in and around Newburgh is great.

Bacteria that methylate mercury thrive in wastewater found downstream from dental traps.

The town will not be the first Cape community to fluoridate its water supply. The plan failed overwhelmingly last night at town election.

Baskin found lead levels in imported crowns to be more than five times the level being recommended for children's toys. Keep in mind, these crowds are heading for somebody's mouth.

A growing number of dentists who have left the NHS are setting up lucrative sidelines in beauty treatment, offering Botox injections alongside fillings and check-ups.

“Ten year old, Gradon got some nasty news from his dentist and it wasn’t a cavity,” reports CBC-TV. “I saw this yellow stuff and thought it was my toothpaste and kept trying to wash it off; but it wouldn’t come off,” says Gradon.

Those patches are fluorosis, a condition that shocks many parents because of the cause -- too much fluoride. “It was even a bigger surprise to his pediatric dentist -- he’s Gradon’s father,” said the Canadian broadcaster.

The American Dental Association believes it's better for someone with a bad cavity to suffer constant pain or yank his own tooth than it is to run the risk of "uncontrolled bleeding" during a visit to a dental therapist [a new dental specialty infringing upon dentistry's lucrative monopoly]. The other argument against dental therapists is even more blatantly paternalistic:

In the long run, the only way to improve dental health is encourage people to take better care of their teeth, Dr. [Amid] Ismail [an ADA consultant] said.

"I'm not in favor of training just to fill teeth, because a solution of filling teeth is not going to reduce disease," he said. "The patients will go home, and they will drink six cans of soda a day, and they will come back with more cavities."

Customers were apparently billed for exorbitant fees - as much as $25,000, all up front - for poor and incomplete dental work. Then the company skipped town.

The Secret Service, known primarily for protecting the President, is involved in the case because it also is in charge of investigating counterfeiting and financial crimes that cross state borders.

The masterminds behind the alleged scheme were Gary Anusavice - a dentist whose license was suspended in Rhode Island in 2005 - and his associates, Joseph Robbio and Mike Rinaldi.

"They wanted to get people financed and then get rid of them," Linda Donnaruma, a former clerk in the Howard Beach office, told The News. "These people had bank accounts everywhere."

Select Dental was incorporated in June 2005 in Delaware under the name NYDSS Inc., with headquarters in Rhode Island.

Currently there isn't a mechanism for long-term care residents who are incapacitated, bedridden or have poor mobility, to receive regular access to a dentist,

In Alaska, the A.D.A. and the state’s dental society had filed a lawsuit to block the program that trained people like Ms. Johnson, who are called dental therapists. The groups dropped the suit last summer after a state court judge issued a ruling critical of the dentists. But the A.D.A. continues to oppose allowing therapists to operate anywhere in the lower 49 states. Currently, therapists are allowed to practice only in Alaska, and only on Alaska Natives.

The opposition to therapists follows decades of efforts by state dental boards, which are dominated by dentists, to block hygienists from providing care without being supervised by dentists.

Call it the revolt of the dental hygienists. After years of working under dentists' strict oversight, some are eager to get out from under those supervisory thumbs.

Sheffield has topped a tooth decay table of Britain, with people living in the south Yorkshire city having the most fillings and missing teeth, and spending the least time cleaning their teeth.