Women Dentists
Today women comprise 35.5 percent of all new active private dental practitioners compared to 19.2 percent of all active private dentists. A dentist is a new dentist if she graduated from dental school...
View ArticleRed Hair and Afraid of the Dentist?
Red hair color is caused by variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene. People with the MC1R gene variants experience more dental anxiety than do people without the MC1R gene variants. They...
View ArticlePatti Smith and Dental Care
The singer Patti Smith was the recent commencement speaker at the Pratt Institute in New York. She took that opportunity to speak of dental care. No kidding! Here is the YouTube link:...
View ArticleDental Treatment in the ER?
According to the Associated Press through an analysis of government data and dental research, more Americans are going to the hospital emergency room for dental problems rather than going to a...
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Dental CareCredit: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Once again this week another article on dentistry appeared in The New York Times – this time the article “Patients Mired in Costly Credit From Doctors” is featured on the top left hand column on the...
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