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Medicare Advantage Cuts Frustrate Seniors
Insurers have pulled an alarm signal, and are cautioning seniors that if the Government cuts the subsidies for their dental treatments, hearing aid devices or even gym memberships that they receive through Medicare Advantage, the premiums will rise significantly.
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Medical device company developing the world’s first non-surgical and removable hearing device to transmit sound via the teeth.
Since high quality dental implants that are installed by a skilled team of dentists provide much confidence, convenience, and comfort, dental implants have become very popular. Because dental implants are so expensive, it’s only natural that people will look for affordable dental implants.
Even though Lindsay Lohan has been banned by a Judge from taking drugs, she underwent anesthesia recently for dental surgery.
Oral cancer detection methods are now expanding thanks to the creation of a nanobiochip. This new chip is capable of examining specimens collected from biopsies of oral cancer lesions. The chip can detect cancer cells with a very good success rate and it is as accurate as measures that are more invasive.
Some Scotland researchers have found a new method for dealing with tooth decay in its early stages. This innovative technique can help to make the need for fillings unnecessary.
Dentists have long battled with the question of how to help patients cease teeth grinding. Now, a new invention uses electricity to do just that: a product called Grindcare has been created in Europe in the past year to help people suffering from Bruxism or teeth grinding.
Lindsay Lohan’s mother Dina is launching her own environmentally-friendly toothbrush in a bid to raise awareness about water conservation. Created by UTC Aquafree, the toothbrush works on a cartridge system that supplies liquid toothpaste to the brush head.
Every year, over 34,000 Americans develop oral cancer. Many die, and many others must undergo surgery that leaves them permanently disfigured. Dentists are usually the first to diagnose oral cancer, but 75 percent do not check their patients for signs of the disease. What’s more, the early signs of oral cancer are invisible to the naked eye, so even those who look for it may not spot it.
Your next teeth cleaning could save your life. Dentists use a new device called the “Velscope” to detect oral cancer before it surfaces.




