Archive for the ‘Dentistry abroad’ Category
Illegal Dental Practice Shut Down In Vancouver
Investigators from the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia teamed up with police to close down an illegal dental practice in Vancouver. College investigators were joined by police officers on a visit to a home in Adanac Street in the east of Vancouver on Thursday. A male was at home at the time but […]
Plans To Open New Dental School In Adelaide Deferred
Plans to open a new dental school in Adelaide have been deferred, it has been announced. Proposals to open a new dental school at the Royal Adelaide Hospital have been scrapped and it has also been confirmed that services at the Adelaide Dental Hospital are going to be reduced as a result of budget cuts. […]
Thousands Visit Ontario Emergency Rooms For Dental Treatment
Thousands of Ontarians are visiting Emergency Rooms for dental treatment, despite the fact that ER doctors are not trained to treat dental patients and can usually only prescribe antibiotics and painkillers. According to the latest figures, 58,000 adults visited Emergency Rooms in the state with dental problems last year, despite the fact that doctors can […]
Scientists Say That Germs In the Gums May Indicate Ethnicity
Scientists in America have revealed a groundbreaking discovery; bacteria in the gums may now be used to identify ethnicity. Previously, it was thought that all humans had the same ‘healthy bacteria’ in their mouths, but new research suggests otherwise. Scientists from Ohio State University tested more than 400 types of microbes and were able to […]
Dental Waiting Lists Vanishing In Queensland
Recent figures have revealed that waiting times for dental treatment are falling in Queensland. According to recent statistics, more than 2,000 people have been taken off the waiting list in Central Queensland since the Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service started giving out vouchers for dental treatment; the vouchers enable public dental patients to see […]
Decline In Irish Dental Visits
Figures show that there has been a decline in the number of dental visits in Ireland. According to the latest statistics, one on four adults is going to the dentist less frequently than three years ago; this equates to around 760,000 people. Dentists have blamed this on benefit cuts which have affected thousands of people, […]
Dental Insurance Not Required Under Obama’s Affordable Care Act
President Obama first announced plans to build a more universal health system years ago, but now, the time for change is fast approaching and many Americans are looking forward to a more fair and accessible system. The Affordable Care Act has attracted praise and criticism, but one thing that is bothering people, especially dentists and […]
Thousands of Portugese Children To Recieve Dental Vouchers
Thousands of children in Portugal are set to receive dental vouchers, it has been confirmed. Head of the Dental Board, Orlando Monteiro da Silva, confirmed that 250,000 children in government-run schools will receive vouchers and for the first time, this year the scheme will be open to 16 year olds. Vouchers will be distributed to […]
In-School Dental Clinic Opens In Cincinnati
Ohio’s very first in-school dental clinic has opened at Lower Price Hill this Monday. The Delta Dental Center opened at 10.30 am and was opened to the general public where they were given guided tours around the facility. A number of organizations got together to be able to open the clinic including Delta Dental Foundation […]
Florida Dentist Faces Child Abuse Claims
Thomas Floyd long had a reputation as being a leader in getting dental care to poor children in the community. Now, a number of ex-employees reveal they heard screams of pain from the children undergoing dental treatment. After he was arrested in September 2012 for child neglect, other more shocking details emerged about allegations of […]
