Lottery award, Hookah smoking
Have you been duped by Lottery award Email or SMS ?
Police said Banerjee a resident of Narkeldanga Main Road in east Kolkata received an SMS in the last week of April declaring her the lucky winner of a draw held by an UK-based multinational petroleum company. Banerjee was also provided a mail address and asked to contact the sender.
Without any suspicion, she replied and received a certificate in the name of the petroleum company confirming her prize. The "company" had also mailed her that a British diplomat Ben John Kenedy would arrive in Delhi to deliver her prize money.. More HERE
Hookah smoking just as bad for teeth as cigarettes
Water pipes (hookah) might be a safer way to smoke, but they are as damaging to the teeth and gums as the cigarettes.
Hookahs have long been used for smoking tobacco in the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Asia. Hookah lounges are also becoming increasingly popular in the US and other countries. The pipes consist of a long tube attached to a glass or plastic container that holds water in its base, BBC radio reported. Full Release
The Supreme Court Criticizes negligent doctors for medical malpractices
“Doctors today can do anything. They can leave behind forceps or a scissor inside a patient’s stomach and get away with it,” observed the Vacation Bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and Deepak Verma.
The Bench was hearing an appeal filed by Dr Mahendra Prasad, who challenged the Rs 4 lakh compensation he was ordered to pay patient Pintoo Kumar by the Bihar State Consumer Commission. Full News
Dental board chief Admits pulling wrong teeth in USA
LOS ANGELES, May 26 (UPI) -- The head of the Dental
Board of California has settled a case in which she admitted pulling the wrong teeth from a 13-year-old boy, documents indicate.
Court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times show that shortly before she was appointed to the dental post by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006, Dr. Suzanne McCormick agreed to a $95,000 malpractice settlement for mistakenly removing two permanent molars rather then wisdom teeth from an Encinitas, Calif., boy, Full Story
Rheumatoid Arthritis Improves Following Treatment Of Gum Disease
People, who suffer from gum disease and also have a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis, reduced their arthritic pain, number of swollen joints and the degree of morning stiffness when they cured their dental problems. Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland reported on this new intervention for arthritis in the Journal of Periodontology.
"It was exciting to find that if we eliminated the infection and inflammation in the gums, then patients with a severe kind of active rheumatoid arthritis reported improvement on the signs and symptoms of that disease," said Nabil Bissada, D.D.S., chair of the department of periodontics at the dental school. "It gives us a new intervention," adds Bissada. Full Release
Stronger Material For Filling Dental Cavities Has Ingredients From Human Body
ScienceDaily (May 27, 2009) — Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing "composite," or plastic, fillings. The new material appears stronger and longer lasting as well, with the potential for reducing painful filling cracks and emergency visits to the dentist, the scientists say. Full Report
Same Genetic link for Heart and Gum disease
A genetic link between dental disease and heart attacks has been found by German researchers.
Gum disease - periodontitis - is known to be associated with heart disease but how exactly they are linked is unknown.
Now the University of Kiel team has found a common gene mutation in people with periodontitis and heart attack patients, a conference heard.
Study leader Dr Arne Schaefer said gum disease should be taken very seriously and treated as early as possible.
Both coronary heart disease (CHD) and periodontitis are associated with the same risk factors - most importantly smoking, diabetes and obesity. Full report
Colgate unveils new hypersensitivity technology in Hong Kong
LEIPZIG, Germany/Hong Kong: Colgate–Palmolive introduced its Pro-Argin technology for instant pain relief for dentine hypersensitivity at the APDC in Hong Kong last week. According to the company, the new technology uses a combination of the amino acid arginine and an insoluble calcium compound to seal open dentine tubules and help block the transmission of heat, cold, air and pressure stimuli to pain receptors within teeth. Pro-Argin will be available in Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief, an in-office desensitising paste, which can be used before or after dental procedures.
Facts your Dentists do not want you to know
I’ve just come across one of those rare consumer books worth reading. I’ve been subjected to most of them over many years of consumer reporting and I’ve found most are heavy on the side of the obvious and the erroneous. So it is indeed refreshing to find one worth reading, loaded with good advice that might otherwise escape the consumer.
The book is edited by Jonathan Dahl and the editors of Smart Money, the Wall Street Journal Magazine. It is titled 1,001 Things They Won’t Tell You: An Inside’s Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely, and is a series discussions of 100 different areas such as wedding planners, veterinarians, doctors, architects, butchers, bartenders, etc. More HERE
Minnesota, USA Changes Dental Practice Laws
History was made on May 13, 2009, as Minnesota became the first state to pass legislation allowing a "mid-level" oral health provider into state statute - enabling students who are educated under the Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner (ADHP) model to become licensed to practice. The Minnesota state House and Senate overwhelmingly passed Senate File 2083, a bill establishing the Dental Therapist and Advanced Dental Therapist providers in the state. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the bill into law on May 16. Full Report
Increasingly Competitive European Dental Implant Market to Reach Over $2.7 Billion by 2013 Despite Unfavorable Economic Conditions
Police said Banerjee a resident of Narkeldanga Main Road in east Kolkata received an SMS in the last week of April declaring her the lucky winner of a draw held by an UK-based multinational petroleum company. Banerjee was also provided a mail address and asked to contact the sender.
Without any suspicion, she replied and received a certificate in the name of the petroleum company confirming her prize. The "company" had also mailed her that a British diplomat Ben John Kenedy would arrive in Delhi to deliver her prize money.. More HERE
Hookah smoking just as bad for teeth as cigarettes
Water pipes (hookah) might be a safer way to smoke, but they are as damaging to the teeth and gums as the cigarettes.
Hookahs have long been used for smoking tobacco in the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Asia. Hookah lounges are also becoming increasingly popular in the US and other countries. The pipes consist of a long tube attached to a glass or plastic container that holds water in its base, BBC radio reported. Full Release
The Supreme Court Criticizes negligent doctors for medical malpractices
“Doctors today can do anything. They can leave behind forceps or a scissor inside a patient’s stomach and get away with it,” observed the Vacation Bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and Deepak Verma.
The Bench was hearing an appeal filed by Dr Mahendra Prasad, who challenged the Rs 4 lakh compensation he was ordered to pay patient Pintoo Kumar by the Bihar State Consumer Commission. Full News
Dental board chief Admits pulling wrong teeth in USA
LOS ANGELES, May 26 (UPI) -- The head of the Dental
Board of California has settled a case in which she admitted pulling the wrong teeth from a 13-year-old boy, documents indicate.
Court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times show that shortly before she was appointed to the dental post by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006, Dr. Suzanne McCormick agreed to a $95,000 malpractice settlement for mistakenly removing two permanent molars rather then wisdom teeth from an Encinitas, Calif., boy, Full Story
Rheumatoid Arthritis Improves Following Treatment Of Gum Disease
People, who suffer from gum disease and also have a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis, reduced their arthritic pain, number of swollen joints and the degree of morning stiffness when they cured their dental problems. Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland reported on this new intervention for arthritis in the Journal of Periodontology.
"It was exciting to find that if we eliminated the infection and inflammation in the gums, then patients with a severe kind of active rheumatoid arthritis reported improvement on the signs and symptoms of that disease," said Nabil Bissada, D.D.S., chair of the department of periodontics at the dental school. "It gives us a new intervention," adds Bissada. Full Release
Stronger Material For Filling Dental Cavities Has Ingredients From Human Body
ScienceDaily (May 27, 2009) — Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing "composite," or plastic, fillings. The new material appears stronger and longer lasting as well, with the potential for reducing painful filling cracks and emergency visits to the dentist, the scientists say. Full Report
Same Genetic link for Heart and Gum disease
A genetic link between dental disease and heart attacks has been found by German researchers.
Gum disease - periodontitis - is known to be associated with heart disease but how exactly they are linked is unknown.
Now the University of Kiel team has found a common gene mutation in people with periodontitis and heart attack patients, a conference heard.
Study leader Dr Arne Schaefer said gum disease should be taken very seriously and treated as early as possible.
Both coronary heart disease (CHD) and periodontitis are associated with the same risk factors - most importantly smoking, diabetes and obesity. Full report
Colgate unveils new hypersensitivity technology in Hong Kong
LEIPZIG, Germany/Hong Kong: Colgate–Palmolive introduced its Pro-Argin technology for instant pain relief for dentine hypersensitivity at the APDC in Hong Kong last week. According to the company, the new technology uses a combination of the amino acid arginine and an insoluble calcium compound to seal open dentine tubules and help block the transmission of heat, cold, air and pressure stimuli to pain receptors within teeth. Pro-Argin will be available in Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief, an in-office desensitising paste, which can be used before or after dental procedures.
Facts your Dentists do not want you to know
I’ve just come across one of those rare consumer books worth reading. I’ve been subjected to most of them over many years of consumer reporting and I’ve found most are heavy on the side of the obvious and the erroneous. So it is indeed refreshing to find one worth reading, loaded with good advice that might otherwise escape the consumer.
The book is edited by Jonathan Dahl and the editors of Smart Money, the Wall Street Journal Magazine. It is titled 1,001 Things They Won’t Tell You: An Inside’s Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely, and is a series discussions of 100 different areas such as wedding planners, veterinarians, doctors, architects, butchers, bartenders, etc. More HERE
Minnesota, USA Changes Dental Practice Laws
History was made on May 13, 2009, as Minnesota became the first state to pass legislation allowing a "mid-level" oral health provider into state statute - enabling students who are educated under the Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner (ADHP) model to become licensed to practice. The Minnesota state House and Senate overwhelmingly passed Senate File 2083, a bill establishing the Dental Therapist and Advanced Dental Therapist providers in the state. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the bill into law on May 16. Full Report
Increasingly Competitive European Dental Implant Market to Reach Over $2.7 Billion by 2013 Despite Unfavorable Economic Conditions
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