October is National Dental Hygiene Month and to cap off the month, Plackers, a leading brand of consumer oral health care products, is giving away 10,000 samples of its popular Micro Mint dental flossers beginning October 27 at www.plackers.com/micromint. The American Dental Hygienists’ Association celebrates National Dental Hygiene Month each year to focus on oral disease prevention. This year’s [...]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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For the first time in history, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is evaluating international regulations that would ban mercury-containing products including silver/amalgam dental fillings, which contain 50% mercury and are already in the mouths of more than 122 million Americans. The DOS will present their official position on the use of mercury in amalgam [...]
Oct 24 2011 | Posted in
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The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 91% of rural Alaskan Native adolescents have cavities whether their water is fluoridated or not. (1) The CDC acknowledges that poor diets and lack of dental care are the probable culprits but, without evidence of need, CDC is recklessly recommending more fluoridation, reports the Fluoride Action [...]
Oct 20 2011 | Posted in
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With Halloween just around the corner, trick-or-treaters are getting ready to rake in the candy. While brushing twice a day and visiting the dentist every six months are preventive measures, children’s teeth also benefit by limiting the candy they consume. This Halloween the Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) encourages children to donate some of their candy to the Halloween Candy Buyback Program. [...]
Oct 17 2011 | Posted in
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The recent launch of Sonicare AirFloss, a breakthrough power flossing device that makes it easier to clean in-between teeth, reinforces Philips’ ongoing commitment to engineer meaningful innovative technology that can make every day (but important!) tasks – like flossing – more simple. For this reason, the brand is launching the Philips Sonicare Make a Switch [...]
Oct 6 2011 | Posted in
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It’s easy to think that perfectly restored teeth should simply be “a perfect set of pearly whites”. After all, aren’t all teeth bright white and regularly shaped? Far from it. In fact, creating precise dental restorations that look and fit like natural teeth is particularly challenging. But, in the past few years it has become [...]
Oct 5 2011 | Posted in
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As each October creeps up on Cindy Flanagan, DDS, MAGD, spokesperson for the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), her mind always wanders to the amount of sweets both children and adults will be consuming during the last few months of the year. “Too many sweets can cause a spooky mouth,” says Dr. Flanagan. “People have [...]
Oct 4 2011 | Posted in
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Philips, the makers of Sonicare power toothbrushes and Zoom whitening, announced today the launch of a new educational campaign called Get It Right!, which encourages people to engage a dental professional in the teeth whitening process to ensure a healthy smile worthy of a great first impression. Smiling is an instinct that starts as early [...]
Oct 3 2011 | Posted in
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1-800-DENTIST®, the dental profession’s largest patient lead-generation company, made a special “guest appearance” on the August 21 and 28 episodes of HBO’s Emmy®-nominated TV series, True Blood. 1-800-DENTIST® provided True Blood with an exhibit booth for a scene taking place at the Festival of Tolerance rally for vampire rights, as well as a variety of [...]
Sep 12 2011 | Posted in
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The Department of Environmental Protection announced today that Dr. Jon Kanegawa, of Exeter Township, Berks County, will pay $13,250 in civil penalties for failing to renew his X-ray equipment registration and for failing to pay related annual registration fees since 2003. Kanegawa is the sole practitioner at the dental clinic. A recent DEP inspection revealed [...]
Aug 26 2011 | Posted in
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