Among some of the crazy laws in Rhode Island is this one you all should find
amusing.  The ADA should lobby to repeal that law.
Providence, Rhode Island
You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a

It appears that many dentists are only able to discuss the electrical
behavior of dental amalgams in terms of "galvanic activity" (after
Luigi Galvani, who did some pioneering work in electrolysis).
However, it has been known for more than 150 years that when an

Im new to the list and to the dentists world of marketing.  I work for
a dentist who owns 6 dentist units and was wondering what the business
model is for such a franchise.  For example, what percentage rent,
wages, utilities, resources such as anesthesia, listerine, crowns,

If you have a crown made from a ceramic which is 99.9% alumina (well
the core part anyway, i guess the rest would be built up on top to give
better anesthetics),
my understanding is you cant bond to alumina, only silica to tooth

Wife has now had two adjacent back teeth removed. I don't believe there are
any complications like infections. How soon after would you normall consider
doing implants and crowns?

I am from southern California, I am wondering how much peole have heard
of orthodontic treatement (braces) is costing for standard treatment in
other parts of the country.
thank you.

I've gotten 2 tiny bumps along the edge of my tongue.  Can anyone tell me
which ingredient(s) might be causing this?  I'm using Jason's Natural
Powersmile toothpaste.
Ingredients:

Jan Drew claims that she almost died of mercury poisoning from dental
amalgams. She stated that before she had her amalgams removed that she
was "bedfast and nonfunctional for several months".
Jan Drew had eight of twelve amalgams removed on June 17-18, 1999.

Howdy all. I'm gonna face my secretary with some naughty things she has
been doing with her hours and maybe even some of the $$$ we receive this
year, and before I do, I want to be able to use my old PowerBook 145 to
automate the clinic spreadsheet (Mardan).

[Not sure if I am spelling "graft" correctly]
I have only one tooth on the lower left bottom, #18 (basically they
pulled all my other left molars when I was 16 and I have lived many
years without them, not knowing what I was missing...)

There is a new dental irrigator on the market. It is not available at stores
or online (they control distribution).
The price is about $ 130, but you can buy it from your friendly dentist for
about $ 100

Hi i had tooth pain(second toothe from the back of the top right side)
when drinking cold water. i went to my dentist and he couldn't find
anything with the x-ray, i did have a filling on that tooth. he redid
the filling but the pain still there. i talked to some of friends from

A while back my husband (age 45) developed a cavity in one of his wisdom
teeth. His dentist suggested he have oral surgery to remove all of his
wisdom teeth (no problems with any of them other than the 1 cavity). He
balked at that idea, and I did some research and concluded that if ...

My dentist specializes in cosmetic dentistry and has an office in
downtown San Francisco.
On occassion I'll have her do a root canal and install a crown. I think
of her prices as expensive.

Is the 1800 dentist screening process very rigorous?
The web site says it is but doesn't have any details on what a dentist
has to do to qualify.
Also, it doesn't say whether the screening process varies by locale.