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dentists
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Investigation reveals dental board’s lack of transparency
How transparent is your state dental board when it comes to helping patients find out more about their dentists? In…
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Reporter shares lessons learned about questioning conventional wisdom
“The decision to remove wisdom teeth often seems like a routine part of young adulthood. But more people are starting…
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Listeners hear from patients, dentists at charity dental clinic
KBIA Mid-Missouri Public Radio listeners were recently offered an insightful report on the problems poor adults in the state have…
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Movement toward enabling dental therapists gets boost in Maine
The battle over mid-level dental providers has come to Maine and reporters at the Portland Press Herald have been closely…
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Dentists borrow a tactic from gun-control advocates
Call it a teachable moment. Halloween candy buyback programs have become a popular way for dentists and orthodontists to let…
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Report: Children shortchanged when it comes to dental health
Every year, millions of American children go without a dental visit. That lack of care weighs most heavily upon the…
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Britain worries magazines in waiting rooms could spread disease
As an anxious patient, I would gladly seek the comfort of a dog-eared old copy of County Life in the…
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Chain hit with suit alleging it illegally owns dental clinics
A class-action lawsuit, accusing one of America’s largest corporate dental chains of illegally owning dental practices and of deceiving patients,…