The parents of a 6-year-old girl in Pennsylvania face criminal charges for neglecting to get dental care for the child, who had 14 abscessed teeth and a severe infection that could have put her life at risk. Kenneth Wanamaker Jr., 36, and Jessica Hoffman, 31, who live in Lehigh Township, were charged on June 24 with endangering the welfare of the child, according to a Morning Call story. The girl
Oral viscous lidocaine 2% solution should not be used to treat infants and children with teething pain, according to a safety alert issued on Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Oral viscous lidocaine solution is not approved to treat teething pain, and use in infants and young children can cause serious harm, including death,” the FDA stated in its announcement. The agency has reviewed 22 reports of
ClearChoice Management Services and Rodo Medical have reached a strategic alliance to sell the Smileloc system. The Smileloc system is designed to make restorations on dental implants safer, faster, less expensive, and more comfortable than current techniques with dental cement and screws. The system will be sold at ClearChoice’s 31 affiliated dental implant clinics in 19 states during the exclusive period, according to the companies. As part of the strategic
Being a kid is great! You can spend a lot of time outdoors; spend time with family and friends. Also as you grow, you go to school; there you can make many more friends and also increase your knowledge. Other activities you can do in school are sports. What is your favorite sport? For many Americans their favorite sport is Football. However a problem can occurs when in one of
Losing a great number of your teeth is bad news, but not being able to get proper replacements is simply tragic. However, many Americans without teeth have been able to get full mouth reconstruction solutions at , in Los Algodones, Mexico, just 5 minutes south of the border near Yuma, Arizona. Why settle for simple dentures when you can have dental restorations with the quality and credibility of Nobel Biocare.
It’s no secret that dental care in the United States is expensive. Sadly, that’s the reason why many people who have lost all their teeth aren’t able to get fixed replacements and have to use dentures. While dentures are an affordable solution, there are other options that function more successfully as natural teeth. Over the years we have found that patients often come to us thinking that dentures are the
Heraeus Kulzer said that its Venus White brand will continue to be the official Whitening Challenge Fundraising partner of the Give Back A Smile (GBAS) program for another two years. The company made the announcement at the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) annual meeting in Orlando, FL. GBAS was founded by the AACD’s Charitable Foundation in 1999 to restore the damaged smiles of adult survivors of intimate partner violence.
In cases of total loss or almost total loss of teeth, there are generally two types of procedures that are recommended for dental patients: Dentures and Implants. Each solution has its advantages and its disadvantages, and it is recommended that a dentist evaluate you and help you decide which solution is the most appropriate for you. However, most dentists agree that in general terms, implants are the better solution. Dental
When making a diagnostics, a dentist uses a wide variety of tools; among the tools dentist use are: x-rays. With the use of an x-ray, dentist can see hidden dental structures, not visible during examination. If the patient suffers from bone loss, have caries, teeth alignment, broken teeth among other oral discomforts. With the images at their hands; your dentist will provide you treatment options, explain your dental discomfort and
What is the most important organ in our bodies? Some will say the most important organ is the lungs, others the brain and other the heart. These indeed are all very important organs and because they are so important we need to know how to take care of them. For this week tip, will provide you 10 tips to prevent an attack. The Human Heart! The human heart is a
With the Hispanic and Latino populations in the U.S. projected to increase from 16.7% to 30% by 2050, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and other institutions carried out what is perhaps the first comprehensive study on the prevalence of caries and tooth loss in these communities. In their study, researchers found, or were reminded, that as far as oral health status is concerned, Hispanics and
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) researchers have found that the periodontal bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis acts on two molecular pathways to simultaneously block immune cells’ killing ability while preserving the cells’ ability to cause inflammation. Their findings are reported in the journal Cell Host & Microbe (June 11, 2014, Vol. 15:6, pp. 768-778). In the study, the researchers show that the bacteria responsible for many cases of periodontitis create an imbalance with