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Sports Drinks

 * International Association for Dental Research in Miami finds "[p]rolonged consumption of these types of beverages could lead to erosive tooth wear."

Sedation Using Video Games

 * PediSedate ... is essentially a plastic, purple set of earphones, attached to a Nintendo DS, GameBoy or PSP. As a child plays a game in the dentist’s office, nitrous oxide is gently released, flooding their tiny little lungs with giggly unconsciousness gas.

Bacteria

 * Some orthodontic appliances are more prone to bacteria

Medical Tourism

 * Dental offices are seeing brisk business in Los Algodones, Mexico

Recession

 * Recession leads to high demand of public dentistry


 * Shifting dental care to the ER

Green Dentistry

 * San Diego practice goes green (Press release)

Minnesota Review on Mid-level Oral Health Practitioners

 * "Research studies have consistently shown that mid-level oral health practitioners improve access, reduce costs, provide excellent quality of care, and do not put patients at risk."pdf

Care for Wisconsin Poor
Lucia Alba knew something was wrong when her son said his teeth hurt while eating an apple.
 * Dental care in short supply for low-income Wisconsin children
 * by Guy Boulton
 * Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal-Sentinal

Carlos, her son, isn't a fussy child. But a few days earlier, he had mentioned that his teeth hurt. This time, Alba got a flashlight and looked in his mouth. She saw blood.

Her son, 7 years old at the time, had abscesses, or infections, in two of his teeth.

He had never been to a dentist. Neither had his siblings.