Five-year-old Ivanna Chavez has a cavity and she is terrified.The small bespectacled girl shrinks behind her mother as they walk into the El Rio Community Health Center exam room,…
Editor's note: This article is a capstone project from two students at Pacific University in Oregon. Watch for more capstone projects in future issues of eVillage.Submitted by Janice Chong, BSDH (c),…
Dentists say you should avoid these trends if you are looking to take care of your oral health. Photo / Getty ImagesTop dentists have shown how fashionable fads ravage people's teeth.Although Gisele…
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In this legislature here in Colorado, a new bill was passed that allows dental hygienists to apply silver diamine fluoride (SDF) under the supervision of a…
Links to the breadcrumb trail news Local news Calgary fluoride activists urge city officials to speed up the release of a belated cost analysis report on water fluoridation Author…
We all know the advice for healthy teeth - brush twice a day and don't eat too much sugar. Why do those of us who follow these instructions sometimes need a filling when we go to the dentist? The…
Arizona's Medicaid program began reimbursing SDF treatments to dentists last year, and as a result, more and more are starting to use it, said Kevin Earle, executive director of the Arizona Dental…
About 27% of older adults have untreated tooth decay. Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer treats seniors with silver diamine fluoride, an alternative to combating cavities, in order to obtain a…