Should you Stay Out of the Medical Businesses
Dr. McDougall, who I have written about before on this blog, see http://blog.teethremoval.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-abusive-doctors/ and http://blog.teethremoval.com/food-children-and-diet,...
View ArticleUnnecessary Medical Care and Over Used Tests: The Choosing Wisely Campaign
The Choosing Wisely Campaign is an initiative which I believe I first heard about in late 2010 launched by the ACR (American College of Radiation as the Imaging Wisely Campaign) The Imagely Wisely...
View ArticleUnsafe Injection Practices Plaque U.S. Outpatient Facilities
In a post last year I discussed how an Oral Surgeon Investigated for Reusing Needles and Syringes. In a recent article in JAMA titled “Unsafe Injection Practices Plague US Outpatient Facilities, Harm...
View ArticlePatient Safety and the Culture of Cover-Up
An interesting article was written by George Lundberg titled “A culture of cover-up has slowed the patient safety movement” on December 1, 2012, on KevinMd.com located at...
View ArticleDental Anxiety Associates with Pain During Dental Procedures
It is well known by dentists that some patients experience dental anxiety, with some patients have worse dental anxiety than others. In a review article titled “Dental Anxiety Is Considerably...
View ArticleQuality Measures Need Measures of Quality
An article titled “Quality Measures Need Measures of Quality” appears in the 2016 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, issue 74, pp. 1101-1102, and written by Thomas Dodson. The article discusses...
View ArticleWhat to Do In Case of a Dental Emergency
Nobody wants to face a dental emergency, but it happens all the time, and to anyone at that, even people who practice proper oral and dental care. Worse, a dental emergency can take place even when...
View ArticleVitamin D deficiency and increased chronic headaches
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland have shown that a vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of chronic headache. The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study, analysed the...
View ArticleThe Forum for TeethRemoval Dot Com is Back
This is just a quick blog post to alert readers of TeethRemoval.com that the forum over on http://forum.teethremoval.com is back up and running. The forum had been down for a while and has gone from...
View ArticleA Healthy Headache Diet
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have explored two different approaches to preventing headaches with diet. The first approach is to eliminate foods and beverages...
View ArticleGum Disease Risk Doubles With Frequent Marijuana Use
Marijuana has come a long way from being demonized as an illegal drug. Today, medical marijuana use is legal in 29 states and in Washington D.C. And as of November 2016, eight states made recreational...
View ArticleSynthetic Tooth Enamel May lead to Resilent Structures
Unavoidable vibrations, such as those on airplanes, cause rigid structures to age and crack, but researchers have found that if you design them more like tooth enamel, it could lead to more resilient...
View ArticleHow to Cope with Dental Fear
An interesting article titled “Coping skills for facing dental fears” appears in the February 2017, issue of JADA, vol. 148, issue 2. The article discusses some things you can do if you are afraid of...
View ArticleThe ethics of a fair and honest treatment plan
An interesting article titled “The ethics of presenting a fair and honest treatment plan,” is written by Marvin Elwood Rice, appearing in JADA, April 2017, vol. 148, issue 4. The article discusses a...
View ArticleThe Rise of Foreign Trained Dentists in the U.S.
An interesting article titled “Will we see more foreign-trained dentists in the United States?” appears in the July 2017, issue of JADA written by Marko Vujicic (issue 7, pp. 538-540). The article...
View ArticleFluoride Mouthrinse May reduce Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents
An interesting article titled “Limited evidence suggests fluoride mouthrinse may reduce dental caries in children and adolescents” appears in the April 2017 issue of JADA written by Linda L. Cheng...
View ArticleRethinking dental insurance
An interesting article titled “Time to rethink dental “insurance”” written by Marko Vujicic appears in the Nov. 2017 issue of JADA (vol. 147 issue 12, pp. 907–910). The article explorers some issues...
View ArticleDental Fads Busted!
There are many dental fads that exist in the world of dentistry. To help you learn more about dental fads, an infographic is presented below which busts four dental fads. The first dental fad is tooth...
View ArticleExploring the Prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adults with Migraine
Researchers at the University of Toronto have shown that generalized anxiety disorder is more common among adults who have migraines than those without migraine (6% vs. 2%). The link between migraine...
View ArticleSphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) Block for Headache Relief
Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) block has been shown to help provide migraine headache relief for both children and adults. A small flexible catheter is inserted into each nostril and a local anesthetic...
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