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Time running out on free Irish dentistry
Irish taxpayers have been warned that around two million people will no longer be able to access free dental care by 2010. It was announced on Thursday 17 December 2009 that many people who are covered by pay related social insurance (PRSI) won’t be eligible for free oral heath care next year. Fintan Hourihan, Irish […]
Grenadian New Yorkers back dental scheme
Grenadians are championing New York University’s new dental program. Starting in January 2010, a party from New York University’s College of Dentistry (NYU) will be visiting schools across the parishes of Grenada, Petite Martinique and Carriacou to improve the oral health of the local populations. NYU had committed to run the free scheme over the […]
TD donate $10k to Dental Center
The TD Charitable Foundation has donated $10,000 to Portsmouth’s Dental Center as part of Families First. Part of the TD Bank, the foundation has donated $45,000 to the center over the last five years, during which time the number of patients being treated has been increased by 52 per cent. This year’s donation will be […]
Scottish dental tech firm is US bound
A Scottish dental technology company has been given the green light to begin trading in the US. Dundee-based Cariescan, which was formed during the collapse of Idmos, has announced that it has been granted approval to enter the American market. Graham Lay, chief executive, said that US trading would begin once an American-based distribution partner […]
Stockton dentist receives more awards
A retired Stockton dentist has been honoured again for his passion and perseverance when promoting good oral health. Dr Guillermo Vicuña, a well-known health activist, was bestowed with a Humanitarian award by the California Dental Association Foundation for the second time. Two local dentists Dr Lyndon Low and Dr James Van Sicklen Jr nominated him […]
Irish dentist saves Edinburgh’s woes
Some of Edinburgh’s most deprived communities are set to benefit from a new dental practice. Westside Dental Care, set up by Dr Victoria Nason and based in the Westside Plaza, will now cater for 5,000 patients around Wester Hailes. Dr Nason, from Ireland, said that the practice was one of the first in Scotland to […]
New machine helps dentist save lives
New technology has been helping a Houston dentist to save lives as well as clean teeth. Dr Spiker Davis, from Houston Cosmetic Dentistry (HCD), bought $100,000-worth of new digital technology and now he can detect clogged sinuses, heart disease and even bone cancer. Like an x-ray, this machine creates a digital photograph of a patient’s […]
Burnley to get a dental super-centre
Ten thousand NHS dental patients from Burnley will be benefiting thanks to a new dental super-centre. Standards of oral health in the Lancashire town are considered to be among the lowest in the country. Local officials have hailed the centre, which could be open by autumn 2010, as a big positive step towards ending the […]
Bradfordians to give views on NHS dentistry
Bradford residents are being asked to give their views on rights to dentistry under the NHS Constitution. The constitution sets out what kind of care patients should expect from the NHS and the standards it should be meeting. Now the NHS is consulting the public and its staff around the Bradford and Airedale region about […]
Dickens’s dental apparatus sold for $9k
Charles Dickens’s toothpick has been sold for more than $9,000 at an auction in New York. The ornate ivory and gold tooth scraper was ‘picked-up’ by an unknown buyer for $9,150 at Bonham’s on Tuesday 15 December 2009. it was expected to sell for $3000-$5000. Bonham’s catalog described Dickens’s pick, which was made by Sampson […]
