No Man’s Land
From AH HA Insights Introduction: Dentistry 2.0 For many Americans the Internet has become a credible source of health information. Medical sites like WebMD, MayoClinic.com, … more
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Henry Schein Canada’s 2011 Dental National Sales Meeting draws over 350 participants
By Henry Schein Canada – is it just me, or does anyone else find it “odd” that the Canadian Dental National Sales Meeting was held … more
Who knows what evil lurks in the mouths of men? Only the “shadow” knows…
By Marilyn Linton, Special to QMI Agency – from the Toronto Sun’ Let’s say you woke up in the morning and blood spurted from your … more
Philips Sonicare AirFloss – eat spinach salad in public w/o fear
From Dental Health Hub Imaging Philips, a leading provider of innovative medical devices, has recently introduced its Philips Sonicare AirFloss. The new innovation was revealed at … more
Canadians With Disabilities Need More Quality Dental Care
April 7th, 2011 – From Dental Health Magazine Currently, in Canada there are living approximately 4.4 million people with certain disabilities. They would need more … more
Protected: Toronto Continues Tapping into Fluoride
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Cost is big factor in dental care, survey results show
Just over a quarter (26 per cent) of adults say the type of dental treatment they chose in the past has been affected by the … more
GSK announces new NovaMin-containing dental formulation for sensitive teeth
From News Medical This year, for the first time, millions of Americans will be protecting their sensitive teeth with NovaMin in everyday dental products. Co-inventor … more
From the ADA News – The times they are achangin’
January 17, 2011 Letters to the Editor Oral physicians By Donald B. Giddon, D.M.D., Ph.D. and Brian J. Swann,D.D.S.,M.P.H. Dentists should take their heads out … more
Dentists should be checking blood pressure in children
From Topix Because it has no symptoms, children don’t usually complain. Catching it early is key and now pediatric dentists are stepping up to help doctors … more
Canadian Faculty of Dentistry Researchers Fight With Early Childhood Caries
February 19th, 2011, posted by Dental Health Magazine staff TORONTO — An investigation using four interventions concurrently including dental treatment, fluoride applications, anticipatory guidance and motivational … more
More Dentists Taking Pains to Win Back Fearful Patients – Just don’t break wind…
HEALTH JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1, 2011 / Wall STREET JOURNAL Nearly one-quarter of all Americans avoid dentists because they’re afraid, according to American Dental … more
The Dead by James Joyce
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon … more
Women anxious about dentists – don’t practice in the UK
Women are twice as likely to suffer extreme anxiety when visiting a dentist compared to men, according to a government survey of dental health. The … more
Diabetes and Oral Health
by Marty Jablow DMD People living with diabetes are twice as likely to develop serious gum disease NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2010) – For the nearly … more
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about
By this point, it should be apparent that the ongoing failure of HARP and it’s co-conspirators to get their act together in regard to ensuring … more
A thousand points of light………read my lips
There will soon be apps for EVERYTHING!!!!!!! October 2nd 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand. New iPhone app “Tooth Camp” aims to improve the oral health of … more
Now is the time for all good folks to come to the aid of their profession
The goal of this blog is encourage dialogue from the readership. Dentistry like all health sciences is in a state of flux, impacted upon by economic … more
Tylen – not at – ol
Image by Getty Images via @daylife (Health.com) — Teenagers who take acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol and many other over-the-counter remedies — may be … more
Team examines how to rapidly assess children’s tooth decay risk
ScienceDaily (July 2, 2010) — Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry have determined that ATP-driven (adenosine triphosphate-driven) bioluminescence — a way … more