Posts Tagged ‘Cavity’
Dental students drop in on local children
Dental hygiene students from Idaho State University visited children from Lincoln Early Childhood Center last week to give them fluoride treatments. The dental hygiene students visit the children three times a year and offer their services free of charge. The children receive fluoride treatments, which strengthen their teeth and help to prevent cavities and decay. […]
New York dental scheme gets $5k
A New York State dental scheme has been awarded a $5000 grant to help children. Healthy Smiles, Happy Friends, which incorporates a number of Bassett’s School-Based Health Centers in Cooperstown, received the funding from New York State Dental Foundation. Bassett’s director Dr Chris Kjolhede said that the program was working to identify the risk of […]
Utah leopard has root canal
Animal dentists have said that a leopard from Utah’s Hogle Zoo will need to have root canal work to fix a damaged tooth. Vladamere, a 6-year-old male Amur leopard, needs to have the high-tech procedure to repair a partially missing cracked tooth. Zoo officials say he will undergo the operation on Saturday 13 February 2010 […]
