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Stronger Cavity Fillings Made from Human

Posted on 12. Sep, 2009 by wisdom.

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A new dental filling material uses parts from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing composite or plastic, fillings is currently being developed. The new material appears stronger and longer lasting with the potential for reducing painful filling cracks and emergency visits to the dentist. Julian X.X. Zhu and colleagues point out that dentists [...]

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Treatment Varies Wildly Among Dentists in UK

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by wisdom.

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There is an extremely interesting article posted by Ross Slater over at http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/24/private-dentists-mirror-investigation-finds-treatment-varies-wildly-115875-21619929/. The article discusses how Ross went to visit six (6) different private dentists in the UK after having not seen an NHS dentist for over a year. He wanted to see what they would say about his teeth and not all the [...]

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Sexual Assault in the Dental Chair

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by wisdom.

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I have reported previously on two separate oral surgeons and assault of women during oral surgery. You can find the articles at http://blog.teethremoval.com/oral-surgeon-sexual-assault-acquital/ and at http://blog.teethremoval.com/sex-offense-and-assault-after-surgery/. Another case has come to light of Benva Oshana Lazar who so far has been accused by 8 patients who have said of groping during office visits. This is [...]

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Animals Have Room for Wisdom Teeth

Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by wisdom.

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An article recently posted by Popular Science http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-08/do-animals-have-wisdom-teeth suggests that animals have room for wisdom teeth. An evolutionary biologist named Leslea Hlusko of the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the shape of your jaw is partially determined by what you eat when you are growing up. Since unlike animals, humans cook all the meat [...]

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Wisdom Teeth and Dentist Culture

Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by wisdom.

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I found an interesting article today on how the “Culture of research led to changes in extraction of wisdom teeth.” The article addressed wisdom teeth removal surgery in the United Kingdom (UK) and how this has changed over time. An interesting tidbit is there were 130,000 surgical extraction procedures conducted in England and Wales in [...]