This year, I am celebrating 40 years as a dental hygienist. It wasn’t until a few years ago, however, that I began to understand how trauma can play a role in patients’ anxiety and fear of dental treatment. Realizing our patients may have experienced life traumas and adverse childhood experiences […]
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Mercer Family Dentistry Offers Affordable Dental Care and Cosmetic Dentistry in Kingsport
Kingsport, TN – Mercer Family Dentistry, a well-respected name in Kingsport for affordable dental care, offers a wide range of cosmetic dentistry services. The clinic’s dentist focuses on smile makeovers, composite fillings, root canals, and other treatments. Mercer Family Dentistry is committed to providing each patient with the personalized attention […]
General and Cosmetic Dentistry of Tampa’s Dr. Michael Diez, Tampa’s Top Dentists in 2021, Teaches Youngsters at the Boys and Girls Club of Tampa About Dental Care
General and Cosmetic Dentistry of Tampa’s very own Dr. Michael Diez highlights a new program aimed at teaching youngsters about the importance of dental care. The importance of oral health for children cannot be understated, with oral health and hygiene now linked to everything from certain cancers, to heart disease […]
The 2022 Health Care Power 100
1. Leslie C. Davis President and CEO, UPMC Leslie Davis / Submitted After a successful run heading UPMC’s Health Services Division – which encompasses 40 hospitals and dozens of ancillary facilities – Leslie C. Davis became CEO of UPMC last year. She oversees the largest non-governmental employer in Pennsylvania – […]
Major toothache: A look inside dental care in Washington
When you break an arm or hit your head, you can go to an emergency room and someone will help you, even if you can’t pay. But if you show up with a terrible toothache, the ER can’t really do much. They don’t have dentists on staff. The most they […]
VP Naidu calls for equipping health centres in villages with eye care facilities
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today emphasised the need to increase awareness among the people about the importance of eye health and called for media campaigns in local languages involving celebrities and icons from different fields. He said, “the message should go to people that vision impairment is […]
UTHealth event brings smiles, free dental care to Houston-area immigrants
Jeylin Hernandez Carmona took the news surprisingly well for a 9-year-old. A tiny piece of her baby tooth was stuck inside her gum, a dental student explained, pointing to the white fragment on an X-ray image. That’s what had been causing her pain. “I think they’re going to take that […]
Ensuring high-quality HIV care for displaced people from Ukraine – Poland
Since the onset of aggression from the Russian Federation towards Ukraine on 24 February 2022, and as of 11 April 2022, more than 4 million Ukrainian people had fled to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and the Republic of Moldova (1). While countries bordering Ukraine have received most of the displaced […]