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Product Warning: Spinbrush

Product Warning: Spinbrush

The FDA recently released a product warning about something near and dear to our dental student hearts — tooth brushes.  More …

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Paula Deen’s [not] shocking diabetes announcement

Recently, Paula Deen came clean — and we aren’t talking about licking the bowl. Deen publicly announced her diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, a fact she’s known since 2008. As future dentists, we have a responsibility to recognize the oral manifestations of diabetes and refer appropriately.

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Kid pulls tooth with Nerf Gun

Think a slammed door is innovative when it comes to pulling your own tooth? Think again.

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Oral Cancer Rates on the Rise

Need another reason to encourage patients or loved ones to stop smoking?
According to the Agency for Research on Cancer (part of the World Health Organization), …

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Toothache kills Ohio man

Kyle Willis, 24, of Ohio died in early September 2011. Cause of death? Ondontogenic infection that spread to his brain.
Willis had gone to a dentist …

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