The following is a press release from the Office of the U.S. District Attorney of Arizona: Arlan R. Turley, 60, of Gilbert, Ariz., was arrested without incident today on tax related charges filed in federal court on April 8, 2009.
Today, industry leader Zap Lasers announced that its Styla MicroLaser was selected one of the year's best-designed medical devices and is the winner of a 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award.
United States: "Around 50m people don't have access to essential services at all - we see people who have a full mouth of rotting teeth and have the worst infections you will see anywhere in the world."
Writing in response to Dr. Helaine Smith's recent column on third-molar extractions, Dr. Jay Friedman argues that dentists should use scientific, not anecdotal, evidence before deciding to remove wisdom teeth.
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore recommends a model program for urban pediatric clinics that can significantly reduce dental cavities in low socioeconomic infants and toddlers.
This reply is in reference to the Louisiana Dental Association and its trying to stop the work of a Medicaid-accepting dentist from working in schools.
Concerned about public safety, the Minnesota Dental Association has launched a statewide ad campaign to raise awareness of the midlevel dental practitioner legislation that is headed for a vote in the state senate. Do the ads tell the whole story?
The elimination beginning July 1 of adult Denti-Cal - the state's dental insurance program for its poorest residents - will leave a painful cavity in California's health care safety net that could prove disastrous to fill later, according to advocates for the program.