Elderly and low-income residents are not getting adequate dental care, according to health care and anti-poverty advocates, and it’s costing the state big bucks. A coalition advocacy groups say the solution lies in training and licensing a new class of dental hygienists to provide routine but critical care such as filling cavities, placing temporary crowns…
Local children will have the opportunity to receive free dental services from dentist Jennifer Newsome, and her dental team at Dental Care of Concordville as part of Kids Free Dentistry Day. Nearly one in four children between the ages of 2 to 11 years has untreated cavities in primary teeth, according to the CDC. Unfortunately,…
Treating the amount of time that had passed since his last appointment as a source of great personal pride, local man Kyle Telford, 25, reportedly bragged to several friends Friday about how infrequently he receives dental care. “I haven’t been to the dentist for at least four or five years now,” Telford reportedly said aloud…
A DENTAL crisis involving rotten teeth being surgically removed from children’s mouths when they’re in preschool — and then again as teenagers — has prompted a grim warning from dentists. One of the state’s leading dentists says she is “frustrated” and “disheartened” with parents continuing to ignore the problem, mistakenly believing dental care is too…
It’s one of those things we’re told when we’re kids, so we never really second guess it when we get older, but how often we should brush our teeth every day is a valid thing to wonder, no matter how silly the question may seem. You’ll be glad to know that you’re probably doing it…