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Survey Shows Americans are Unprepared for Dental Emergencies
Although 72 percent of Americans have fillings, caps or crowns and one in six had a dental emergency during the past 12 months, most are not prepared to deal with a dental emergency, according to a recent survey.
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New Grant Will Allow Low-Income Residents to Get Better Dental Care
A new grant will allow low-income residents of Wilson, Nash and Edgecombe counties to get better dental care.
New Survey Shows Americans Strongly Support Guaranteed Dental Coverage
Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults (63%) think that it is important that dental coverage is part of an overall health reform package, and 40 percent say it is very important, according to a new public opinion survey commissioned by Oral Health America.
Affordable Dental Care for Low-Income Adults
Millions of Americans still do not have access to any affordable dental care, to a qualitative and the most necessary treatment procedures. In the same time, any untreated dental problem will affect the whole body, causing other, bigger health problems.
2,500 Years Teeth Show Skill of Ancient Dentist
Maya and other ancient peoples of southern North America went to “dentists”—among the earliest known—to beautify their chompers with notches, grooves, and semi-precious stones, according to a recent analysis of thousands of teeth examined from collections in Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History.
Dental Tourism
According to the National Coalition on Health Care, more than 500,000 Americans traveled abroad to receive medical and dental work in 2006. And this is not an isolated trend.
Dental procedures are a common choice because only about 50 percent of Americans have insurance for such care. And those people who are insured often […]
