student of a Chennai Corporation school being examined at the mobile dental clinic recently. Mayor M.Subramanian and Chennai Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni are in the picture.CHENNAI: Close to 85 per cent of the little over one lakh Chennai Corporation school students screened over the past year for various dental ailments were found to be having at least one abnormality.A team of dentists...
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href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/health-fitness/health/Dentists-can-spot-patients-at-heart-attacks-risk/articleshow/5202486.cms">  Dentists can do more than just taking care of your oral health - they can help determine your risk for fatal heart...
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anxious personalities are more likely to have poor oral health, including decayed or missing teeth, says a new study.The recent study examined anxiety levels of 1,037 participants aged 15 to 32 in the long-running Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. About a quarter of the group were identified as dentally anxious.Split into three groups, they had always been dentally anxious (stable...
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Dentists can do more than just taking care of your oral health-they can help determine your risk for fatal heart attack, says a new study.The study followed 200 patients (101 women and 99 men) in private dental practices in Sweden whose dentists used a computerized system, "HeartScore," to calculate the risk of a patient dying from a cardiovascular event within a 10-year period.The system, designed...
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Peoplewith anxious personalities are more likely to have poor oral health, includingdecayed or missing teeth, says a new studyThe recent studyexamined anxiety levels of 1,037 participants aged 15 to 32 in the long-runningDunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. About a quarter of thegroup were identified as dentally anxious.Split into three groups,they had always been dentally anxious...
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You're visiting the dentist for what you think is a routine checkup and cleaning when he or she says you need a root canal. Though it's a term you've probably heard before, now that you're the one in the chair, you may have several questions and feel apprehensive about your upcoming procedure.Patients have unnecessarily feared root canals for quite some time. The Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA)...
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Sydney, Nov 11 : People with anxious personalities are more likely to have poor oral health, including decayed or missing teeth, says a new study.The recent study examined anxiety levels of 1,037 participants aged 15 to 32 in the long-running Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. About a quarter of the group were identified as dentally anxious.Split into three groups, they had always...
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impl…Nearly every household has some sort of a first aid kit filled with bandages, antiseptic, ointments and the like. But how many people plan ahead for dental emergencies?According to a recent survey by Majestic Drug Company, a leading provider of oral care products, although one in six Americans had a dental emergency during the past 12 months, most were not prepared to deal with the problem."You...
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Unrelenting toothache means a visit to the dentist is inevitable, and if the tooth decay is really bad root canal treatment is often the only option. The dentist first removes the nerve completely and then closes the ensuing canal with a filler. This must be airtight to prevent bacteria from entering and causing renewed inflammation. On the other hand, the material must also be removable. If the natural...
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Chandler, a dentist, and son reached undisclosed financial settlement with JacksonAccusation was part of case in 2003 when Jackson was tried, acquitted of molestation charges-- The man who accused pop star Michael Jackson of molesting his son in 1993 killed himself in his New Jersey condo earlier this month, police said.Evan Chandler, 65, was found by the building's concierge November 5 after a doctor,...
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