Patients opting for treatment at dental schools
Feeling as though he was pulling teeth, Aaron Bloch resorted to returning to school – to come by a dental practitioner at the New York University College of Dentistry. Costing Bloch only $80 for being...
View ArticleRule Proposed to Regulate Dental Mercury Waste
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to announce a regulation next year in an effort to lessen the amount of mercury waste from dental surgeries. The planned ruling is a reversal of the...
View ArticlePrepare for the upcoming holiday celebrations
Good things about this upcoming holiday season? Spoiling your sweet tooth! Bad things about this upcoming holiday season? Spoiling your sweet tooth. For all of those who enjoy the treats the...
View ArticleIrish Patients Head North For Treatment
The number of people from the Republic of Ireland heading across the border for dental treatment has increased since the start of 2010, when changes were made by the Dublin government to the existing...
View ArticleEngland tops the dental costs list
England has made it to the top of the list in a recent study on the costs involved in a simple dental procedure. According to the study on the charges made by dentists working in private practices,...
View ArticleUSA investigating fillings
The US Food and Drug Administration is launching a further investigation into the safety of amalgam fillings after groups across the country expressed their concerns about the safety of mercury in oral...
View ArticleBureaucracy closes dental surgery
A 71-year-old dentist, who has run his dental surgery in Newton Health, Manchester since 1963, says he has been forced to close the practice because of increasing red tape and bureaucracy. Joshua...
View ArticlePatients requesting removal of mercury fillings
Following the review of the safety of amalgam fillings by the FDA Advisory Panels in December, more and more patients are now expressing concern about the mercury content of their old fillings and...
View ArticleEuropean countries restrict use of mercury fillings
Many European countries have already banned or restricted the use of the traditional silver amalgam fillings, which contain mercury, and there are signs that the the authorities may even introduce...
View ArticleIndia’s Low Cost Treatment Sees Dental Tourism Influx
With cases for dental treatments across the US and many European countries being near astronomical, dental tourism is on the rise and is cheaper alternative to having dental treatment done in one’s...
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