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Rural India shows apathy towards dental problems: Survey

...e surveyed admitted that they have never been to a dentist in their life. The survey notes that poor oral h...o found that a paltry 2 percent actually visit the dentist for regular check up, while more than half are unconcerned about preventing or curing the same. Duri...

Canadians flocking to India for quick and efficient medical treatment

...ere between Canadian $1000 to 1500, a visit to the dentist is a nightmare for those not covered by a dental plan in their insurance. A return ticket to India costs about the same, making it highly viable for patients to combine dental care with a holiday in the east....

Brain drain of dentists from Kerala to Britain

...ee parts, it usually takes close to a year for any dentist to qualify. To write each part of the IQE, the can...go to Britain. Sudhin K. Thomas, a post-graduate dentist and a faculty member at a private dental college in Uttar Pradesh who has just completed training fo...

Smoking and mouth cancer

...ection difficult. That’s why regular visits to the dentist remain crucial for detecting the disease because dentists are trained to spot the signs,” said Dental advisor Dr Henr Clover....

Oral Sex Linked To Mouth Cancer Risk

...roup. “You should avoid having oral sex,” said the dentist and researcher Kerstin Rosenquist, and lead author of the study at the Malmo University's Faculty of Odontology in southern Sweden. The human papilloma virus is of 40 types and has been associated with genital warts as well as cancer of the cervix or...

Scottish Children Have Worst Dental Health In Europe

...ed between three and six are not registered with a dentist and it is this group that is being targeted by the Scottish health officials. 'We have made several recommendations based on the evidence that well-planned prevention work backed by good advice, easily used dental services and support through nurseri...

Dentists Not Lured By Golden Hello Scheme In The UK

...ed. //The scheme has allocated a ￡10,000 grant per dentist to enable them to move to areas where there is a s...ed. "The golden hello is payable directly to a new dentist over a two-year period when they join an NHS dental practice in Scotland for the first time. This me...

NHS Dentistry Faces Pensioners’ Delug

...mmends that older individuals should consult their dentist in detail so that a long-term plan for dental care including prevention can be evolved. This will be mutually beneficial and prevent them from seeking unnecessary treatment. The report also said that more specialist dentists for older people were nee...

Scotland faces shortage of dentists questioning the dental facilities

...uestioned when statistics revealed that not enough dentist were available at the NHS.// More than a million Scots have not registered with an NHS dentist because they don’t have any access to one. Statistics reported that 41% of children are not register...

Syrupy Medicines Increase the Risk of Tooth Decay

...u or even cough. “It’s important to talk with your dentist about any medications that your child is on and see what he or she recommends to combat the problems those medications might cause,” said AGD spokesperson Paul Bussman, DMD, FAGD. But the report says that when treated with fluoride preparations the e...

Dentist Banned From Practicing For Allowing Boyfriend to Work on Patients

LONDON - 39-year-old Mogjan Azari, a dentist who was jailed for one year in 2005, has now been ...of it lodged in the patient's throat. The unlikely dentist couple garnered ￡120,000 out of this fraud and even brought for themselves a Mercedes sports car. An...

Distinguished Scientist Award Conferred on University of Rochester Scientists for Work on Preventing Cavities

...ator award for a lifetime of achievement. Koo is a dentist and his work is focused on ways to stop Streptococcus mutans from causing cavities. In his research, Koo has identified propolis, a sticky substance that is found in honeybees. This substance was found to inhibit a vital enzyme in dental plaque forma...

Reforms Required With Regard To Mental Health Facilities

...m. It is even worse when a prisoner wants to see a dentist or an optician....

Shortage of dentists in Scotland

...tist. This is due to the reason that many of the dentist have closed their doors for NHS patients and are m...arious measures and incentives are provided to the dentist by the government to attract them and avert the growing dental crisis. Last year the government an...

Gum Disease Affects Diabetic Children Earlier Than Anticipated

... likely than those without diabetes to have seen a dentist within the past year. This was due to a perceived lack of need, so clearly it's important that physicians and dentists and their patients with diabetes learn that they need to focus extra attention on oral health," Goland said. The current study moni...

Move To Recruit Polish Dentists Questioned In Scotland

...a threshold for the number of adult NHS patients a dentist must treat would compound this problem, not solve it." The 40 dentists will provide treatment for 80,000 patients. "It is clear the Polish dentists will play a valuable role in increasing the number of patients who are able to choose to access NHS de...

A Complete Diet for Kids

...help improve memory. Stephen Mitchell, pediatric dentist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham said that sweetened drinks can prevent the development of strong teeth, which are essential for chewing, speech development and healthy smiles. To prevent decay, Mitchell suggested wiping the infant’s gums wit...

Salivary Test Could Predict Future Oral Bone Loss

...evels of IL-1 beta in saliva may prove to help the dentist decide whether or not to treat the dental patient for periodontal disease," said lead researcher Frank Scannapieco, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology in the UB dental school. The results of the research were present...

Drug Reactions First Present Themselves In The Mouth

...ther types of reactions are also possible, but the dentist has to be aware of how these reactions present in ...-effects as they tank up on a variety of drugs. “A dentist can help, both in diagnosing drug interactions and in writing prescriptions that would be good to ta...

Braces Work Wonders In Setting Crooked Teeth Right

... and the primary teeth provide the child’s general dentist with a good perspective of the development of the child’s dentition and any need for orthodontics,” said Dr. Richeson. Contact: Jaclyn FinnekeJaclyn.finneke@agd.org312-440-4974Academy of General DentistryFor more information visit http://www.agd.org/...

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