Dentist and Dental Guide News 2008-07

2008-07-23 Press Release - SLEEP APNEA TREATMENT OFFERING FREEDOM FROM CPAP COMES TO SKOKIE. DENTAL SLEEP MEDICINE PIONEER AND RESEARCHER TO TREAT SNORING AND SLEEP APNEA IN CONJUNCTION WITH AMERICAN SLEEP

The first organized dental sleep medicine group was the Sleep Disorder Dental Society which was formed 17 years ago. Dr Ira Shapira was one of 20 dentists charter members from around the United States who founded the organization. He was already treating sleep apnea patients for several years by that time. He worked closely with Dr Charlie Samuelson a psychiatrist who invented the tongue-retaining device and was involved in neuromuscular dentistry and was one of the first dentists to utilize the Equalizer appliance. He became a credentialed member of the Sleep Disorder Dental Society, which later became the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr Shapira is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is also a Founding member of DOSA, the Dental Organization for Sleep Apnea. He is passionate about treating

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2008-07-05 How effective are dental referrals by primary care physicians

The investigators report their results today during the 86th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research. Of the 24,403 children in the study, about 5 pct. had tooth decay, 2. 8 pct. were referred to a dentist, and 3. 5 pct. made a dental visit before 42 months of age. Among children with tooth decay, 32 pct. were referred, and a higher percentage of children with a referral visited a dentist (35. 6 pct. ) than those not referred (12. 0 pct. ). Several factors were associated with whether a child received a referral to a dentist besides the presence of any decayed teeth, including increasing age of child, the availability of a general dentist in the county where the child received IMB services, and whether the child was seen in a practice located in a rural area.

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Young children from low-income families experience high levels of tooth decay and face many barriers to getting dental treatment and preventive services. Because these children usually visit their pediatrician or other primary care provider far more frequently than a dentist, the primary care medical setting is gaining popularity as a place to provide preventive dental services.

2008-07-19 94. 3 MY FM To Promote Oral Health on Dental Health Awareness Day on

MY FM Udaipur shall promote an activity "Dikhao battisee pao battisee", in which the morning show will have a dentists interview regarding dental care tips and questions from the listeners. Also from 11 in the morning to 7pm, on the decided venue listerners can visit and play the game of "Dhikhao battisee pao battisee". The people with 32 teeth shall win a gift hamper from MY FM consisting of 32 items of dental care. The participants in the process of selection shall undergo dental check up which shall create awareness about the

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2008-07-02 NHS dentistry shake-up fails as one million fewer get treatment - Telegraph

I moved to the United States in 2000, and the treatments available through the insurance based system here makes the British dental system look primitive by comparison. Few people here have dentures, even those over 70, and there is a lot of periodontal care that I had never come across in the UK. I had gum problems that were never treated by my NHS dentists and the first thing that my new American dentist asked me when I went for my check up was, if I had seen a dentist regularly while I lived in the UK. The answer was that I had gone regularly, but never had a dentist that even had a dental hygenist. No dentist over here is without a dental hygenist, and they make you feel like a client.

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The shake-up of NHS dentistry has been a disaster with standards of care dropping and almost one million fewer people being treated on the health service under the new system, a damning report by MPs has found. - NHS dentist dentistry dental contract select committee report MPs NHS dental services Health Politics News topics News

2008-07-10 Dental Website: A Great Resource for PA Residents :: Pike County Pa Newspapers in Milford, Pa For All Your Local Events, Arts and News :: Newspaper for Milford and All of Pike County, Pa

To find a PDA member dentist in your area via PDAs website, go to /findadentist. Using this search feature, you can search for member dentists by name, county, ZIP code, specialty, city or a combination of search criteria. For example, if you need to find an endodontist in the Harrisburg area, type "Harrisburg" in the city field, select "Endodontics" from the specialty dropdown and click the "Search" button. This search would yield results showing that there are six dentists in Harrisburg who specialize in endodontics.

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2008-07-06 Dentistry, an industry in decay - Telegraph

But NHS dentistry is not funded to deal with complex procedures, and complex procedures were what my mouth had needed for years. I was promised by my new dentist an American smile, a row of gleaming white, even "Hollywood teeth" with no spaces. I had just spent and pound;1,200 on several months of periodontal work to get rid of a gum disease so severe it had left the roots of my front teeth exposed. While and pound;6,000 seemed a huge sum, I had it to spare then, and could not guarantee when I might have it again. My teeth were to be drilled down to tiny stumps and replaced by crowns. The spaces would be filled by a continuous bridge which would follow the whole line of my lower jaw, incorporating the crowns. I paid a and pound;2,000 deposit and went in to be dentally reborn.

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Last week, it emerged that NHS dentistry reforms have only made matters worse, and the private sector is no better. - Dentistry nhs reforms teeth dentist UK News News

2008-07-27 Stricter dental death review sought

At least one appears to have never been reported to the state board by the dentist, and none of the other deaths, though reviewed by the dental board, were judged to have merited a full-scale investigation. In some cases, the only information reviewed by the board was that provided by the dentist under investigation. Outside expertise or documentation aimed at evaluating the dentists report of the circumstances of the death often was not considered.

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Responding to reports of patient deaths, the state dental board moves to institute a more aggressive review policy. Not everyone is convinced it will make much difference.

2008-07-08 WECT TV6 Wilmington, NC news and weather - Lifewatch: Dental Bone Surgery

A new noninvasive procedure is offering an alternative for patients who cringe at the thought of the dentists office. Piezosurgery is a device that uses 60-thousand-per-second sound waves to cut through dental bone to treat problems associated with periodontal disease and cavities, to aid in dental implant surgery, and to assist with other surgeries like crown lengthening, bone grafts and sinus lifts. It works so quickly, no bleeding or pain is involved. "Through the sound waves, you can program the tool to only cut bone, or only cut a tooth structure, or only cut different tissues in the body," Dr. Kravitz explained. "Based upon the frequency of the wave of the sound, its selective on the density of the tissue. " The instrument received FDA approval for oral procedures in 2005. According to the Compendium of

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2008-07-16 Enough scrutiny in dental deaths

Hauck, who also is a physician, sits on the dental board. He is on leave from that position pending the outcome of the medical boards investigation of the case. All three cases were reported to the state by the dentists themselves, as required. Health Department officials said a screening panel of the dental board, usually made up of three dentists and one public member, determined whether the cases proceeded to investigation. (To protect against potential bias, the identities of patients and dentists are kept from the reviewing panels).

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At least three patients have died after dental procedures in the last three years in Washington, and critics say some of the cases werent examined closely enough by the states dental disciplinary board.

2008-07-17 New laws improve access to dental health care

Too often, affordability and other barriers keep Maine people away from the dentists chair and stuck with easily preventable problems. With current energy costs, many families may postpone or choose not to have regular dental care. Getting treatment by local dental professionals is more important than ever because driving many miles for a dental appointment is no longer so easy.

In April, the Legislature unanimously approved a new license option for dental hygienists enabling them to set up their own practices without a dentists supervision. After meeting rigorous license requirements, independently practicing dental hygienists can perform specified procedures on their own and are required to refer patients in need of additional care to a dentist.

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