Posts Tagged ‘Dental health problems’
Trapped Chilean miners require dental treatment
Drilling to release trapped miners in Chile has resumed after it was revealed that some of the miner were suffering from dental health problems. Drilling to set the miners free started on Monday but was temporarily suspended after one of the shaft walls was found to be unstable. Drilling was then resumed on Wednesday after […]
Hispanic children more likely to have tooth decay
A report has revealed that Hispanic children in Utah are twice as likely to suffer from tooth decay as non-Hispanic children. Figures relating to tooth decay amongst children in the state were published in the Hispanic Dental Association’s Fast Facts on Hispanic Oral Health. Salt Lake City dentist, Eric Anderson said that poor oral hygiene […]
Calgary dental hygienist travels to Kenya to help poor children
A dental hygienist from Calgary has travelled to Kenya to help children living in poverty. CoraMarie Clark, the founder of The Tooth Fairy Children’s Foundation, journeyed to Nairobi to work alongside the Maasai Development Project. She arrived with 3,000 toothbrushes and worked alongside a volunteer dentist. The pair wanted to help children learn about oral […]
East Palo Alto welcomes new sliding-scale clinic
A new sliding-scale dental clinic has opened in East Palo Alto; the new clinic will offer dental treatment to thousands of low income families and people without insurance. The clinic will be partly funded by patient payments, which will be set at limits that reflect the patient’s individual income; the sliding-scale system enables patients that […]
