Christian Clinic To Open First Free Dental Office (Highlands Today)

A faith-based health clinic is preparing to open a free dental office for the uninsured "working poor," according to its executive director.

What You Need to Know About Women's Oral Health (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Believe it or not, women and men have different oral health needs. In fact, women's oral health needs change at different stages throughout their life, including puberty, pregnancy and menopause.

Clues to good health (The Times-News)

The way to a person's heart is through his stomach, the adage goes. But researchers now think the way to a healthy heart might be through your gums and teeth.

Biofilms Research Helps Set Standards For Everyday Products (Medical News Today)

Montana State University scientist Darla Goeres knows that there is more than one way to grow a biofilm, a fact that she uses to make sure that when a product claims it kills "99 percent" of bacteria, it really does the job. Biofilms are the extremely common communities of bacteria that form on most wet surfaces.

Dental and Laboratory Veterans Form Specialty Diagnostics Laboratory Focusing on Dental Related Disease (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

OralDNA Labs, Inc., a specialty diagnostics company focused on advancing existing and future laboratory diagnostic capabilities as they are applied within oral medicine, today announced its launch.

Pony proudly makes hospital rounds (Belleville News-Democrat)

Petie the Pony stood remarkably still as his handler spritzed him with Listerine. Not to make his breath minty fresh or to fight the germs that cause gingivitis, but to neutralize any odor lingering on his shiny coat.

Health checkup: Dental health during pregnancy (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Dental health is important during pregnancy

University of Melbourne Vet Clinic offers free dental check for pets (University of Melbourne University News)

To celebrate pet dental month, pets are being offered a free dental check as part of their consultation throughout the month of August at the University of Melbourne?s Veterinary Clinic and Hospital based in Werribee.

When the trouble is at the beginning

If one has the confidence to speak, smile, laugh and kiss, the usual mode of expressions of human beings without much fuss it also reflects on the impeccable oral health of the person.

DR. FERNSTROM

Your mouth can reveal a lot about you. I don't mean a dazzling smile , but the other parts of the oral-health picture many of us don't think about too often - if at all.

Why do archaeologists get to have all the fun?

Explorer Rick O'Connell races through the catacombs of ancient China in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Clinical Case: Antibiotics for Periodontal Disease

A 37-year-old male with moderate periodontal disease asks his physician about antibiotic treatment.

Gum Treatment

Tooth decay and gum disease has to be treated before any cosmetic work can be done.

Gingivitis and Gonhorrea: Vintage Public Health Posters [bioephemera]

Along with lots of other stuff that's just plain interesting. Jessica Palmer is a biologist & artist currently based in Washington, DC.

Endodontics

Tooth pulp is susceptible to infection, and when bacteria and their acid excretions eat their way into the root canal, something must be done to save the tooth's life.

Bad breath in children

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Bad breath in children EVER since the dawn of time, bad breath has been described in many writings as a social problem.

Doggy B.O. grosses out owner

Q: Help! We have a 3-year -old Shih Tzu. He's a great dog except that he has a serious social problem - he has B.O., and it's pretty intense - at least to me.

Show Off Your Pearly Whites

Anyway, back to cosmetic dentistry. The purpose of cosmetic dentistry is to go through a series of procedures to achieve that Hollywood smile in a shorter span of time.