Dental Care:
Dental Care and Dental Health News. Dental Health Care.
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Feb 1st, 2010
Each February, the American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of oral health. Developing good habits at an early age help children prevent dental issues into adulthood.
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Nov 5th, 2009
One in three dentists say that aggressive toothbrushing is the most common cause of sensitive teeth. Many dentists also say that tooth erosion is on the rise.
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Oct 5th, 2009
Dr. Margaret Mitchell, DDS, owner of Mitchell Dental Spa a dental spa facility in Chicago’s Water Tower Place, offers the following tips to for protecting your kids teeth at Halloween.
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Sep 30th, 2009
How many times have you flossed prior to a dental appointment just so you can truthfully tell your dentist that you occasionally floss? Or you’ve ended a dental visit with a promise you’ll do better, and after a week of daily flossing, your effort tapers off to a couple of times a week or less until you wake up on the morning of your next dental exam to realize you haven’t actually flossed in months.
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Sep 27th, 2009
While approximately 45 million Americans do not have health insurance, about 2.5 times that number do not have dental health insurance. If you are among the latter group, you may be eligible for free or low-cost dental care.
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Sep 25th, 2009
New dental sedation training for dentists and their staff will become mandatory if new rules, appearing in this week’s Illinois Register, are allowed by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR).
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Sep 2nd, 2009
AGD encourages patients to talk and work with their dentist to find the best solution for their dental care and treatment.
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Aug 20th, 2009
A group of researchers has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers.
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Aug 13th, 2009
If the American Dental Association gets its way, the new health insurance reform plan will include dental care. If such an option were to be added to the final bill, it has the potential to cover 108 million Americans who have no dental insurance, approximately 2.5 times the number who have no health insurance.
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Aug 4th, 2009
The NHS Information Centre released details of the earnings and expenses of General Dental Services (GDS) dentists in Northern Ireland in 2007/08.