As mentioned, we check the web daily for health and wellness news and articles that we think may be of interest to you. Inevitably, we wind up with much more material than we can possibly write about yet find worth sharing.
So, without further ado, here are 20 more articles that have stacked up over the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dentistry’
Sesame Street Goes Dental
Posted in Just for Fun, Video, tagged dentistry, Muppets, Sesame Street, teeth on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A classic:
What NOT to Do at Your Next Dental Appointment
Posted in dentistry, tagged cell phones, dentistry, SMS, texting on September 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We all know – or should know – that texting while driving isn’t a smart thing to do. But how about texting while having dental work done?
Four out of five dentists agree, text messaging during treatment’s a bad idea.
That’s according to a survey by the Chicago Dental Society, whose tooth jockeys says patients are [...]
From Lead Fillings to Nontoxic Restorations: A Bit of Dental History
Posted in dentistry, restorative dentistry, tagged dental history, dental instruments, dental materials, dentistry, restorative dentistry on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dentistry got its start more than 8000 years ago, and it’s come a long way since then, as you can see through this brief pictorial history of dentistry that we recently ran across at dentalassistant.net:
Some Images from the Gallery
But this history focuses overwhelmingly on the tools dentists have used through the ages, not [...]
Dental “Secrets” That Aren’t Really So Secret
Posted in dental health, dental hygiene, dentistry, mercury, restorative dentistry, tagged amalgam fillings, dental amalgam, dental health, dental hygiene, dentistry, mercury fillings, restorative dentistry, silver fillings on August 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Among the “50 Secrets from Your Dentist” recently featured in Reader’s Digest, we find some excellent, concise statements that pound home some key points about dental health and hygiene – points that bear repeating.
Some truly educated people think that if nothing in their mouth hurts, they’re fine. High cholesterol doesn’t hurt, either, but it’s [...]
Illness from Mercury Fillings: KJ’s Story
Posted in Video, dentistry, mercury, tagged mercury, dentistry, dental restorations, amalgam fillings, mercury toxicity, restorative dentistry, silver fillings, dental amalgam on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More Dental Oddities
Posted in Just for Fun, dentistry, tagged Biofilm, Bluetooth, cameras, caries, cavities, dental products, dentistry, plaque, preventive dentistry, soft drinks on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several new concepts to add to our ever-growing list of weird dental products:
Bluetooth in Your Tooth?
Our last post on weird dental products featured a Bluetooth mike that can be implanted in a tooth – presumably for people who like to talk on the phone a lot. Now an article in the latest issue of Medical [...]
An Up-Close Look at Tooth Enamel
Posted in Video, dentistry, tagged dental anatomy, dental enamel, dentistry, teeth, tooth, tooth erosion on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Great Mercury Amalgam “Controversy”
Posted in Biological Dentistry, dentistry, mercury, restorative dentistry, tagged amalgam fillings, bruxism, dentistry, mercury fillings, mercury toxicity, restorative dentistry, silver fillings, teeth grinding on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Speaking of stats, the latest Wealthy Dentist poll shows that 53% of dentists shun mercury amalgam fillings, while 47% still place them. This isn’t really news, though, as the numbers have changed little since the site’s last survey.
It’s the dentist explanations for their decisions that we’d like to draw your attention to.
Some anti-mercury [...]
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