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Why is it important to floss?

Why is it important to floss?

Flossing daily is crucial as it removes harmful germs which attack your gums and teeth. It polishes the surface of your teeth, cleans the areas that your toothbrush cannot reach and reduces oral odours. If you don’t usually floss your gums may bleed the first few times that you do floss. This shows that disease […]


Dental button: Patients in charge of drill

Dental button: Patients in charge of drill

An Iowa dentist is trying to help nervous patients by giving them power over the drill. Dr Scott Yegge, who practices at Advanced Family Dentistry, Ankeny, gives patients a special button which cuts the power from his drill if they become really scared. He said that giving patients more control often makes them less anxious […]


Uninsured Floridians get free dental care

Uninsured Floridians get free dental care

A local dental scheme is helping thousands of uninsured Florida people by providing free care. Dentistry From The Heart (DFTH), which began in New Port Richey in 2001, provides free dental care to underprivileged and low-income communities. Its latest over 18s event will be held on Friday 5 February 2010 from 7am to 5pm at […]


Exploding cigarette costs man six teeth

Exploding cigarette costs man six teeth

A man needed stitches after the cigarette he was smoking exploded and removed six of his teeth. Andi Susanto, from Bekasi in Indonesia, was riding his motorbike when the cigarette he was smoking exploded. Doctors used 51 stitches to close all the wounds in Susanto’s mouth. The 31-year-old said that the incident had left him […]


Manitoba dentists disgruntled by new tax

Manitoba dentists disgruntled by new tax

Some Manitoba dentists have been left angry after it was agreed that they would all have to pay a one-off fee of $500 to support an outreach scheme. The fee, which will support the University of Manitoba (UoM) dental school’s outreach program, was agreed after a fiery debate at the Manitoba Dental Association’s (MDA) annual […]


Ohio dental centre gets $140k grant

Ohio dental centre gets $140k grant

An Ohio dental centre has been awarded $140,000’s worth of funding so it can help underprivileged local people. The Summa Center for Dental Health treats uninsured and Medicaid patients in an income assessed sliding-scale and trains dental school graduates. Over the last year the centre has received a number of grants to ensure that it […]


University dental course fees face hike

University dental course fees face hike

Dentistry students could soon be forced to reach deeper into their pockets to fund their education. The government have been advised to increase tuition fees for certain undergraduate degrees including law, medicine and dentistry. The report, which was submitted to ministers, also suggested that many students thought the proposal to pay more for ‘prestige’ degrees […]


BDA Museum celebrates Sir John Tomes

BDA Museum celebrates Sir John Tomes

The British Dental Association’s museum is marking the impact of Victorian dentistry with an exhibit about the achievements of Sir John Tomes. It features several of Tomes’s designs and inventions including the likes of the patient chair and a number of hand instruments. Tomes’s forceps, which are on display, are the prototype design that all […]


San Antonio special needs dental clinic planned

San Antonio special needs dental clinic planned

A state-of-the-art dental clinic which treats patients with special needs will soon be opening in San Antonio. A first for Texas, the Trinity Surgery Center will be established at The South Texas Medical Center, 2116 Babcock Road. Plans for the clinic were announced by Gordon Hartman on 27 January 2010 and he revealed that the […]


LA to provide dental care for Medicaiders

LA to provide dental care for Medicaiders

Los Angeles County has taken steps to provide dental cover for members of Medi-Cal. Last year state lawmakers slashed the adult Medi-Cal dental coverage in an attempt to reduces costs as part of its recession budget but now it is try to remedy the toothy issue. Two new plans have now been unveiled which could […]