It has finally happened! After months of waiting the modeling agency called you. You reach the agency and they offer you a few tips, unfortunately your agent sees you have a small problem: your smile. Your teeth are not bright enough for the photo-shoot. You need to fix this problem and fix it fast; your photo-shoot will be in 3 days. After hearing the news you make a quick visit
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder and manager Frank Quilici and the Minnesota Twins hosted a TeamSmile event last weekend for almost 300 kids that provided dental screening and education. As part of MLB’s All-Star Week Legacy project, children at the Boys & Girls Club in East Saint Paul, MN, received $150,000 worth of free preventive care and education, and, if necessary, follow-up dental treatment. TeamSmile is a nonprofit dental
Despite Florida’s claims that privatizing Medicaid will resolve problems, a federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the state does not provide adequate care to children in the Medicaid program. State officials claim that an overhaul to privatize Medicaid will raise reimbursement rates, improve doctor participation, and address allegations that children can’t get appointments with dentists or physicians, according to an NBCMiami.com story. State attorneys said the
More often than not, state Medicaid programs will pay for oral healthcare provided by nondental primary care providers, and North Carolina is no exception. The Into the Mouths of Babes program began in 2000 and is backed by state Medicaid. In the program, trained primary care providers, including physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, provide fluoride varnish, oral health counseling, screening, and risk assessments for children younger than age 3.5
We all have habits; some habits are good, however others are not so good and can even affect our health. If we grew up between 1960 – 1970 it was common to see and hear in tv the importance of smoking. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in the 1960 – 1970 the average consumption of tobacco in the US was about 9~10 pounds of tobacco per capita. In
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded a $1.7 million grant to Philadelphia researchers to investigate factors that may contribute to the racial disparities seen among those diagnosed and treated for head and neck cancers (HNC) — specifically head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). While head and neck cancers account for only 3% of all cancers in the U.S., a disproportionately high number of African Americans are affected. Recent
Squid tentacles are loaded with hundreds of suction cups, or suckers, that help the animal catch its prey. Each sucker, in turn, has a ring of razor-sharp “teeth,” called sucker ring teeth (SRT), that are made up entirely of proteins. Teeth on squid suckers are inspiring new materials for a wide range of applications from surgery to packaging. Above is a jumbo (Humboldt) squid with sucker ring teeth illustrated. Image
Going to the market can be a big challenge; there are so many brands on the shelves and so many needs that you can have. Once in the market you will see several items, some of the items you purchase will take care of physical needs, other items you purchase will take care of emotional needs. Once you reach the dental department, you have to make a hard choice. What
Finding vertical root fractures can be tricky. As digital imaging technology improves, clinicians and researchers are fine-tuning the best approach for radiographically detecting vertical root fractures, and there is plenty of room for improvement at present. Currently, it requires a combination of clinical signs and periapical radiography as the first imaging modality employed, noted Brazilian researchers from the division of oral radiology at the State University of Campinas Piracicaba Dental
A new study has confirmed that the rate of dental caries in preschool-aged children in the Navajo Nation is extremely high compared with other U.S. populations and that the rates of decayed, missing, and filled tooth surfaces have not appreciably changed for more than a decade. The study, led by researchers from the Center of American Indian and Alaska Native Health at the Colorado School of Public Health at the
United Concordia Dental and the Philadelphia Zoo have announced a three-year partnership to increase children’s awareness of how oral health impacts full-body health. “Today cavities have become one of the most common diseases of childhood,” James Bramson, DDS, United Concordia’s chief dental officer, stated in a press release. “They are now five times as common as asthma and seven times as common as hay fever in children, according to the
What if stem cells from extracted teeth could be used to save someone’s vision after a terrible injury that caused them to lose their sight? That provocative premise fueled research from the U.K. that is a promising first step in the use of dental pulp stem cells. As stem cell therapies move from theory to practice, researchers are investigating the use of different kinds of stem cells, including stem cells
