Dentists

Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond - Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605

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Could Your Next Doctor Be Your Dentist?

Tooth enamel is the strongest substance in the human body. It’s harder than steel. Which helps explain why the three words “root canal treatment” often strike such terror into patients sitting in the dental chair. It starts by boring a hole through enamel as effortlessly as if it were rice paper. Ninety-nine percent of the time, that gaping hole is filled and sealed immediately after treatment. A few months ago, I met a patient I’ll call Janet, to protect her privacy. She was one of the 1 percent.

I carefully peered my head into her mouth. The remaining pulp, or core, of the treated tooth—an amalgam of nerves, blood vessels, and immune cells—had blossomed out of the fractured crown…

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Are Dentists Really More Prone to Suicide?

"You're in a career where nobody wants to see you and you're the last place they want to come back to and it's depressing."

Dentist Is No Longer The Best Job In America -- This Is

Step aside, dentists, there’s a new best job in town. For the first time in years, dentist didn’t nab the top spot on U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings. Though the list was, as usual, dominated by the health care industry, first place went to another field altogether: tech.

Legal hurdles, not Amazon, key concern for U.S. dental supply firms

Their stocks, as well as those of other U.S. drug and medical equipment suppliers, have taken a beating in the past year as speculation over Amazon expanding its considerable reach gained momentum. But investors and analysts told Reuters that the larger overhang on the two dental suppliers, and privately held Benco Dental Supply, is a recent complaint filed against them by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

The Dentist’s Office Is a New Front in the Fight Against Domestic Violence

Whether or not mandatory formal screenings in the dental chair makes sense, however, it can’t hurt for dentists to be attuned to signs of abuse, and be prepared to point their patients to local support services.

The Rise of Digital Dentistry

While dentists may continue to spend most of their time practicing in an office, they will increasingly rely on new technologies, cameras, an Internet connection, and greater collaboration.

Why Dentistry Is Separate From Medicine

Doctors are doctors, and dentists are dentists, and never the twain shall meet. Whether you have health insurance is one thing, whether you have dental insurance is another. Your doctor doesn’t ask you if you’re flossing, and your dentist doesn’t ask you if you’re exercising. In America, we treat the mouth separately from the rest of the body, a bizarre situation that Mary Otto explores in her new book, Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America.

Why Your Next Dentist Will Probably Be a Woman

More women — attracted to the flexibility and relationships to patients — are joining the ranks of the profession.

Dental Spas - What, No Pain?

Health spas, medical spas, pet spas, day spas and now dental spas - a concept long overdue that brings comfort to a setting that is all too commonly associated with shots, high pitch drills and pain.

How Technology is Changing Dentistry

No drills, no injections, easier access, lower costs: how technology is transforming dentistry for the better.

More Dentists Taking Pains to Win Back Fearful Patients

Now, many dentists are taking pains to win frightened patients back. Some practices let patients virtually sleep through the procedure. Others focus on maximizing soothing distractions while minimizing pain as well as the typical sounds and smells of dentistry that can trigger unpleasant memories.

Oral Health Goes Modern

Oral health has a profound impact on general health and welfare, and yet dentists and doctors continue to operate in silos. What will it take to bring the fields together and start improving lives?

Owww! If You Think The U.S. Medical Care System Is Broken, Take A Look At Dental Care

A few weeks ago, I called the dentist I’ve used for more than 20 years for an appointment and got a message back from her receptionist: The dentist is no longer accepting patients who are covered by the insurance company I’m enrolled with. And just like that, I lost my dentist.

Why going to the dentist still seems stuck in the Stone Age

Who among us hasn’t had this thought, as a dentist industriously and cheerfully chisels and scrapes and drills away at your teeth: Surely there is a better way. When anthropologists last month discovered evidence of dental handiwork in a 14,000-year-old tooth, the surprising thing about it wasn’t the fact that people in the Stone Age had cavities and tried to do something about them. It was the fact that the procedure seemed so… familiar.

Could Your Next Doctor Be Your Dentist?

A two-step plan could help address the physician shortage and lack of access to dental care.

Brighter

Bring your profile to life with photos, information, and online appointment scheduling.

CDA Oasis

The Canadian Dental Association is the national voice for dentistry dedicated to the promotion of optimal oral health, an essential component of general health, and to the advancement and leadership of a unified profession.

Dental Abstracts

Keeps dentists informed of developments and advances in general dentistry and its specialties in an easy-to-read, abstract format.

Dental Economics

Dental Economics magazine helps dentists improve their practices through sound business advice and the latest information on new dental products including the latest advances in dental technology.

Dental Products Report

Dental Products Report provides dentists with comprehensive, accurate and unbiased information across the spectrum of specialties. In consultation with forward-looking clinicians and manufacturers, its staff supports dentists as they apply new products and technologies for excellence in patient care and development.

Dental Update

We publish postgraduate articles covering new and established clinical treatment. All articles are peer reviewed giving the subscriber an unbiased and professional platform for continuing professional development and education in the UK.

DENTAL World

DENTAL World is a dental portal designed for dentists, companies and every people or activity dental related.

DentalCare.com

dentalcare.com is the premier website from Crest® Oral-B® for dental professionals and students around the world. It is specifically designed to provide education, research, news, and product information to help you–and your patients–achieve success every day.

Dentalcompare

The Buyer's Guide For Dental Professionals... Dentalcompare is the first free internet resource for dental professionals that provides side-by-side product comparisons along with a host of premier dental website features. The site has been created and is maintained by dentists, for dentists, and designed to provide a one-stop shop for all dental professionals.

DentalSite.com

Provides users with the most comprehensive, cutting-edge information on all things dental. Whether you're a dentist, a member of an office staff, or a patient - we have what you're looking for.

Dentaltown

Continuing education resources and online magazine.

Dentistry iQ

Covering the world of dentistry including dentists, hygienists, assistants and the industry.

Dentistry.com

Dentistry.com is the Internet's premier dental resource for consumers and dentists. We provide a wide variety of dental articles that cover all forms of dentistry, including cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry and pediatric dentistry.

DrBicuspid.com

DrBicuspid.com is a free, member-driven web site dedicated to general dentists, specialists, and other dental professionals. DrBicuspid's goal is to deliver useful, trustworthy, and relevant news, features, columns, and more, that will help you make your practice better, faster, smoother, and more profitable.

HIVdent

HIVdent is a not-for-profit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for adults, adolescents, and children living with HIV disease.

Hygienetown

Hygienetown is an interactive healthcare community working to connect dentists to their peers, dental service providers and manufacturers.

OsseoNews

OsseoNews.com is designed primarily for use by qualified medical and other healthcare professionals. The information provided here is for educational and informational purposes ONLY.

Smile

Smile is a dental magazine concerned in introducing the most advanced dental sciences, methodologies, news, armamentarium and materials

The Dentist

Aims to keep dentists fully informed on up-to-date news, whether they are working in Private, NHS or Corporate Practices.

WebDental

Online community for dentists and allied dental professionals to network, share ideas, and discuss the latest treatment, news, and products.

A walk through a life of a dental student (well..DDS/PhD)

Vivid and sometimes humoristic excuse of one former dental school student and recent PhD student not to work

Dental Fear Central

For many people, a visit to the dentist can be frightening or even terrifying. How you treat your patients can make a huge difference to their view of dentistry. The Dental Anxiety Network will offer practical tips for helping people with dental fears, listings of training courses in the UK and Ireland and links to other organisations involved in Dental Anxiety Management.

Dental Student

I do not know of any blogs that chronicles a dental student's life but perhaps ... Do you know of a dental student blog?

National Museum of Dentistry

This NMD web site provides a wealth of information about the museum and includes materials for teachers as well as activities for children.

America Smiles

Welcome to our online service for both dentists and dental patients. Search the dental directory to review American dentist profiles and find local services for tooth whitening, general and cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, veneers, dentures, teeth cleaning, family dentists as well as dentistry for children.