Atlanta—Dr. William G. Kohn, who has served “with distinction” in military and Public Health Service dental leadership, was named director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s division of oral health effective Sept. 8. Dr. Kohn has played a lead role in the development of CDC recommendation documents on FLUORIDE use, dental office infection […]
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Health Care Players: American Dental Association
The ADA represents 157,000 dentist members and works to advance dentistry and advocates for issues related to oral health, especially access to dental care. What They Want The ADA’s top priority for health care reform legislation is an increase in funding for dental Medicaid. “When it comes to access to dental care in this country, […]
Tap water vs. bottled water: Differences explained
Last year, consumers in the U.S. bought 8.6 billion gallons of bottled water, according to the International Bottled Water Association. You may have drunk some of that water yourself. But did you ever wonder if tap water and bottled water are really that different? Water is water, right? However, there are major differences between bottled […]
Chloramine + Lead Pipes + Fluoride = Contaminated tap water
The lead pollution crisis of the Washington, D.C. water supply – and the culprit that caused it, the water disinfection chemical chloramine – is a powerful example of how things can go terribly wrong when water quality problems are considered and tackled in isolation. Earlier this year, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) […]
Is Fluoride Added to Your Water? Get It Out!
New York – June 15 — Water suppliers nationwide are required to supply consumers with annual Water Quality Reports or Consumer Confidence Reports at least once a year at around this time. “Consumers should take this yearly opportunity to check their water fluoride levels,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to […]
Effects of weather conditions on sulfuryl fluoride and methyl bromide leakage during structural fumigation in a flour mill
Abstract A validated Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of structural fumigation was used to perform 54 fumigation simulations (half with sulfuryl fluoride, SF, and half with methyl bromide, MB) using recorded hourly average weather data for 4 July and 1 September at Indianapolis International Airport for the years 1996–2006. These weather data were used as […]
Forsyth researchers collect stimulus grants
Three scientists at Boston’s Forsyth Institute have been awarded a total of $1.88 million in federal research funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus bill. The National Institutes of Health made the grants through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research with a goal of maintaining […]
Children in poverty highlight disparity that exists in oral health status
Online May 29, 2009 and titled: Dental Oral health is an integral part of general health, yet often overlooked by patients, practitioners, and policymakers. Though oral health in the United States has improved over the past few decades, great disparities still exist in oral health status, access to services, and financing of care. Dental caries, […]
Congressional Resolution Congratulating the ADA for its 150 Years of Service
Statement by American Dental Association President John S. Findley on Passage of H.Res. 204, a Congressional Resolution Congratulating the Association for its 150 Years of Service WASHINGTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “On behalf of the 157,000 members of the ADA, its officers and its staff, I would like to thank Congressman Mike Simpson for sponsoring […]
Acid Drinks Blamed for Increase in Tooth Erosion
(HealthDay News) — People’s teeth are wearing away at a faster rate than ever, dissolving under a blistering acid attack that they’ve brought on themselves, dental experts say. Dental erosion — the loss of the protective enamel on teeth — is reportedly on the increase in the United States. The condition occurs when enamel is […]