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Your dentist may be ripping you off. Here's how to avoid that.
There's an invisible problem in dentistry: some dentists using "creative diagnosis" to perform unnecessary work in the interest of making extra money. There isn't hard data on how often this occurs, but it's clear that it's an issue — as highlighted by an op-ed by a dentist in American Dental Association News and recent coverage in Mother Jones. Due to a few different factors — a lack of oversight, rising debt incurred during dental school, and the rise of quota-driven corporate dental chains...
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Dentists urged to use 'child-size' radiation doses for young patients
Scarfe is helping lead an awareness campaign called Image Gently. It asks dentists to consider just how much radiation their young patients are getting.
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Is your dentist ripping you off?
You and your teeth could be victims of "creative diagnosis"
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How often do you need to see a dentist?
A lot of us think that we should visit the dentist every six months – even if it’s not what we do in practice. Whether those biannual check-ups are really necessary is, however, a matter of debate. In fact, it’s not even clear where the six-month figure initially came from. Some believe it dates back to the 18th Century, long before the advent of randomised controlled trials that could test its benefits.
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Surgeons Remove 232 Teeth From Mumbai Teen
Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said on Thursday.
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No more fillings as dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment
Scientists have developed a new pain-free filling that allows cavities to be repaired without drilling or injections. The tooth-rebuilding technique developed at King's College London does away with fillings and instead encourages teeth to repair themselves. Tooth decay is normally removed by drilling, after which the cavity is filled with a material such as amalgam or composite resin.
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Lasers can help damaged teeth grow back, researchers say
When you damage a tooth, your dentist usually uses a filling or a crown to patch it up. But eventually, researchers say that your dentist might just point a laser at it, encouraging the tooth to regrow on its own. While it's no surprise that light causes reactions in the human body, some researchers have been trying to determine whether specific wavelengths of light might be able to trigger specific healing properties when focused on a certain area of the body.
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Does flossing your teeth prevent tooth decay?
Can flossing reduce the risk of tooth decay? When you take a close look at the evidence, it’s not quite as straightforward as you may think.
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Regrowable Teeth May Be on the Horizon
Stems cells may be used to regrow teeth in the near future.
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Is Candy That Fights Cavities Too Good To Be True?
Researchers in Berlin find that sweets containing a special probiotic may help you avoid the dentist's chair.
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Four Steps to Saving a Tooth - I Had No Idea You Could Reimplant a Tooth!
Dental emergencies may not be as life-threatening as medical emergencies, but the prospect of you possibly losing a tooth and ruining your smile is still a serious concern. Injuries which cause a tooth to be knocked-out of place are ranked number one in the list of dental emergencies. While reimplantation of a permanent tooth is …
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Were your dental crowns, retainers, and dentures made in someone's dirty cellar?
Like you'd ever know. When it comes to regulating the labs that produce dental devices, it's the Wild West out there.
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Scared of the dentist? This is why, say neuroscientists
The whir of a dentist's drill might bring on the shakes and a racing heart, but what happens in the brain has long been a mystery. Now researchers in Japan believe they are closer to an answer after scanning people's brains while playing them sounds of dental drills and suction instruments.
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