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Who better to generate support for America’s kids than America’s ToothFairy?

Kristie Ceruti • March 15, 2017

School-based sealant programs, oral care product distributions, dental services for homeless children, these and other projects will receive a needed boost. Grants totalling $100,000 will support children across the U.S., courtesy of America's ToothFairy fundraising efforts, according to... CONTINUE READING

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Medication effects could disrupt dental implants

Kristie Ceruti • September 22, 2014

Adverse effects accompany certain drugs used to treat depression: anxiety, dizziness, nervousness, sweating, nausea and in some cases suicidal or violent behavior. Recent findings suggest that these drugs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), could lead to dental... CONTINUE READING

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What’s for breakfast? Dark chocolate.

Kristie Ceruti • June 29, 2014

Sorry, milk chocolate. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but your nemesis wins again. A dentist from Beverly Hills, Calif. claims that a bitter power found in dark chocolate, theobromine, can actually harden the enamel, according to a report from dentistry today.com. This would add protection... CONTINUE READING

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Ironclad appearance

Kristie Ceruti • June 4, 2014

CAPTION: An iron tooth implant fitted 2,300 years ago could be earliest false tooth ever found in Western Europe, according to dailymail.co.uk. The dental implant is shown here second from the right. It's never too late for a beautiful smile. A discovery in France is proof... CONTINUE READING

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Is there anything a smartphone camera — and dental researchers — can’t do?

Kristie Ceruti • May 18, 2014

A technique that uses fluorescent markers to tag bacteria cells might offer a new solution for pinpointing a source of infection -- and the method makes it easy enough for the bacteria to be located by a smartphone camera. Researchers from The University of Nottingham and GSK... CONTINUE READING

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Study: 1 in 10 surgery patients have complications despite tooth extractions prior

Kristie Ceruti • March 26, 2014

Tooth extractions before cardiac surgery don't fully eliminate complications, according to a report from DentistryToday.com.  "Prosthetic heart valve-caused endocarditis results in about 25 percent of infective endocarditis cases and is fatal for almost 40 percent of patients who develop it.... CONTINUE READING

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