Dentistry News

Many dentists do not accept patients on Medicaid, she said, because they say it pays too little money

Many people cringe at the thought of sitting in a dentist's chair, but Penny Hancock has had four dental implant procedures, and she's game for more if she ever needs another.

Fluoridation is widely accepted as a public water treatment, but a Broadway resident wants to change that.

Despite decades of fluoridation, Philadelphia children are the most likely in the state to suffer from tooth decay.

A study conducted between 2005 and 2007 in Northeast Philadelphia found that a third of 2- to 3-year-olds had dental disease, as did more than half of 4- and 5-year-olds and an astounding 80 percent of 7- and 8-year-olds.

Smokers who give up are much less likely to lose their teeth prematurely than those who do not kick the habit, research shows.

An Oakland County man has been stopped from illegally practicing dentistry, following a lawsuit filed by the Michigan Dental Association .

Hundreds of people are being treated at a free dental clinic in Waterloo that will continue Saturday.

A new 1m state-of-the-art dental centre giving patients on-the-spot emergency treatment in Midlothian is to have trained "phobia" dentists.

Radiation from X-rays in dentist surgeries and hospitals causes 700 people in Britain to develop cancer each year, researchers say today.

My son had unexplained mouth sores for six months. They broke out every three weeks. He saw a dentist and periodontist, who were both unable to help. He was then referred to a dental school. Once there, the dentists immediately knew what the problem was. He was diagnosed with idiopathic cyclic neutropenia (low white blood cell levels). He underwent weekly blood tests for a few months to confirm the diagnosis, but it was reassuring to know that the sores were not caused by lack of dental hygiene, as we thought.

But dentists warn that when it comes to oral health, cutting back now may cost you in the future.

I've always prided myself on having very healthy teeth. In fact my dentist in Houston used to look inside my mouth and say "Well, I'm not going to make any money on Nichole today". And over the 12 years I went ...

Schools should ban vending machines for the sake of children's teeth, according to the Irish Dental Association .

The fluoride controversy makes us wonder who truly benefits from pouring this hazardous waste into our drinking supply!

The state attorney general's office has sued three former dental offices in the state whose workers allegedly persuaded low-income patients to get expensive and often unnecessary dental work they could not afford

Dental therapists working in Alaska have been successful bringing down the rate of tooth decay in the area, but the American Dental Association nearly shut down the program because, the organization claims, only licensed dentists should perform “irreversible procedures” such as filling cavities and pulling teeth.

Fortunately, after a yearlong battle, Alaska’s Superior Court ruled in favor of the tribes.

While the ADA maintains that it’s just protecting the quality of dental care, many are accusing the organization of trying to shut out cheap competition, which would put preventative dental care in the hands of many who go without any dental services at all. The organization did not return requests for comment to this story, but the efforts of its Washington branch led the University of Washington to withdraw its support from the Alaskan consortium and kill a planned dental therapist tract at its dental school.

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the ADA “intimidated university officials by threatening to block donations by its members.”

She advocates butter on bread "so thick you can see teeth marks in it," plenty of meat and unpasteurized, or raw, milk.

Those are foods recommended by Price, a Cleveland dentist who traveled the world studying primitive diets. His 1939 book, "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," concluded that a diet high in the vitamins found in animal fats and untouched by "modern" innovations such as refined flour, sugar and chemically preserved foods was the key to preventing chronic disease and tooth decay.

MetLife, the largest commercial dental carrier, which administers dental benefits for over 21 million people, announced today the addition of five quality resource guides to its ADA approved dental continuing ...

What if it were possible to undergo a root canal filling or tooth extraction without feeling the pinch of a needle or the after affects of general anesthesia? Hypnosis could uncover a new world for patients ...

The way her friend bragged about her dentist office's waiting area, Larissa Goldberg just had to see it for herself.