Posts Tagged ‘X-rays’
Preston Dental Practice Awarded Green Achiever Gong for Commitment to the Environment
A dental practice in Preston has become the first in the UK to achieve gold Green Achiever status in recognition of its commitment to the environment. Lands End Dental Practice is the only practice in the country to hold gold status and the team is delighted. Members of staff at the surgery have been working […]
Dental Records Could Hold The Key To Early Osteoporosis Diagnosis
Scientists have discovered that dental records could be used to identify osteoporosis risk many years before symptoms of the condition first develop. Dental researchers at the University of Manchester are pioneering a new technique known as Osteodent, which could determine osteoporosis risk long before the condition actually develops. Dentists are using Osteodent to examine scans […]
Elephant undergoes dental treatment to cure tusk ache
Dentists in India have successfully repaired an elephant’s tusk in a rare dental procedure. Devidisan, a 27 year old bull elephant, had been suffering from tusk ache for five years. His tusk was cracked and this was contributing to chronic pain. Dentists performed the first operation if its kind and used forty seven tubes of […]
Audit raises concerns over Medicaid spending in Massachusetts
State auditor, A.Joseph DeNucci has raised concerns over Medicaid spending after an audit found that millions of dollars are being wasted every year. The audit found that many claims are being inflated and raised concerns about the possibility of fraudulent claims being made in the state; the audit also found that many claims were unnecessary. […]
Dental firm 3D Diagnostics set for Aim stock exchange
3D Diagnostics Imaging plc is marketing a product developed at Scottish universities and is set to list on the Aim stock exchange. The company is marketing the CarieScan hand-held sensor instrument, which is used to detect early warning signs of dental decay; the device allows early treatment, which subsequently reduces the need for fillings and […]
Florida mobile dentist helps the poor
The Florida Baptist Mobile Dental Unit, a custom-made dentist clinic on wheels, has been moving across the state to offer free dental check-ups and oral care for those unable to afford it. The forty foot long bus, which is prepared with sterilisation and x-ray equipment, has visited over thirty neighbourhoods across the state to offer […]
Israeli woman has dental bridge removed from lung
A sixty-year-old Israeli woman was sent to hospital after an X-ray revealed that a piece of a metal dental bridge, which she had swallowed, was lodged in her lung. The woman had swallowed a piece of the bride as she was undergoing treatment to fit the appliance. The dentist carrying out the treatment assured her […]
Dental X-rays could be linked to thyroid cancer
Researchers have found that frequent dental X-rays could increase the risk of developing thyroid cancer significantly. The latest study, which was conducted by Dr Anjum Memon of Brighton and Sussex Medical School in conjunction with researchers from Kuwait and Cambridge universities, found that patients who have had more than ten dental X-rays were up to […]
Patient forced to pay for a healthy tooth to be filled
A woman was faced with a bill for £126 following a procedure to fill a tooth, which was later found to be healthy. Anna Grayson, a writer from Devon, visited Teignmouth’s Den Dental Practice and was treated by Karen Hanbury; she paid £126 for the filling at the private dental practice. Just a few weeks […]
Studies suggest dental X-rays could increase the risk of developing thyroid cancer
Recent studies have suggested that undergoing repeated dental X-rays could increase the risk of an individual developing thyroid cancer. The studies, which were recently published in the Acta Oncologica journal, claim that both patients that have had a number of dental X-rays and professionals that work with X-rays have an increased risk of suffering from […]
