The days of whining drills and shrieking patients that can make a trip to the dentist an experience to dread may be numbered, according to scientists who claim that they may have found a way to regrow rotting teeth. Researchers studying tooth development have singled out a gene that controls the gro...

Director : David Koepp Release Date : 19 September 2008 (USA) Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Cast : Greg Kinnear as Frank Herlihy, Jordan Carlos as Young Husband, Dequina Moore as Young Wife, Joseph Badalucco Jr. as Accident Bystander #1 (as Joe Badalucco), Brian Hutchison as Accident Bystander #2...

This poor kid got too many drugs from his dentist and is so stoned. It's hard to watch as this boy says things like "Is this real life?" " I feel funny why is this happening to me?" and "I have two fingers." The scariest part happens when he freaks out and starts screaming at the top of his lungs at...

Today, the average size soft drink is 20 ounces and contains 17 teaspoons of sugar. More startling is that some citric acids found in fruit drinks are more erosive than hydrochloric or sulfuric acid - which is also known as battery acid. These refined sugars and acids found in soda and citrus juice ...

Director : David Koepp Release Date : 19 September 2008 (USA) Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Cast : Greg Kinnear as Frank Herlihy, Jordan Carlos as Young Husband, Dequina Moore as Young Wife, Joseph Badalucco Jr. as Accident Bystander #1 (as Joe Badalucco), Brian Hutchison as Accident Bystander #2...

Although the dentists are now calling themselves “Dr�, we doctors do not call ourselves “dentist�. We did have a compulsory one week lecture course during medical training covering the whole of dentistry, but I have no desire to get out my Black and Decker and attempt some root-canal treatme...

Digital Dental Radiograph (X-ray) The American Dental Assocaition is trying to help the dentist who does not have the ability to digitally submit dental radiographs for dental insurance claim submission. Althought the ADA is urging industry standardization on radiograph requirement and return polici...

What are your experiences with thin porcelain veneers? I just spent $1200 on a Snap-On Smile and don't like the result. Should I take my dentist up on his offer to apply that cost towards a $5900 veneers procedure, or just give up and get stuck with the $1200 piece of plastic I won't use? I spent ma...

It feels as though I've been going on and on about teeth for the last year or so, and that regular readers must be bored of hearing about them - but people do still seem to be interested and are always asking me about my dental adventures. Well, now that they are all mended (yay!) and the hardcore d...

Cross-Posted from the FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog Comment here Fred Quarnstrom, Seattle dentist, Las Vegas ADA Convention, October 2006. Photo by Flap Remember the FLAP? Flap gets the following via e-mail: Flap, For some reason, I do not understand, you seem to be on a vendetta aimed at me. I was ...