Strengthening weak teeth Jul 16, 2010
And have you observed that in earlier times it was more common to come across people who had all their teeth removed and replaced with a new set of artificial dentures. Fortunately, this is on the decrease, thanks to the progress of dentistry over the years. (India Times, India)
Ed Morrissey Jul 12, 2010
Did you know that George Washingtons wooden dentures were carved by a gifted Muslim scholar and whittler from sandal wood. BL@KBIRD on July 11, 2010 at. (Townhall.com)
Victims of trailer fire lodged at St. Vincent de Paul Jul 8, 2010
The family lost almost everything in the fire, including Shaylee s birthday presents, their clothes, a van they couldn t move because the keys were inside the trailer, Daniel Hurtado s carpentry tools, medication, Amy Hurtado s dentures and a month s worth of rent, which they had withdrawn to pay in cash the next day. They are also almost certain their pet cat perished in the fire. (Juneau Empire)
The yeast effect Jul 6, 2010
However, in adults these infections become more pronounced with age and can occur around dentures, under breasts and lower abdomen areas etc. Women at higher risk At some time or the other, most women suffer from vaginal burning, itching and discharge. (India Times, India)
Living past 100 Jul 3, 2010
She went without glasses until her 60s and didn't get dentures until she hit 100. She credits her morning oatmeal with keeping her off cholesterol medication. (The Palm Beach Post)
Costly dental work 'left incomplete' Jun 11, 2010
Cases included a patient who had expensive chrome cobalt dentures installed around badly decayed teeth and diseased gums. The Age yesterday revealed Medicare Australia is investigating hundreds of dentists for allegedly rorting the Medicare dental scheme. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The danger of dating on the rebound Jun 8, 2010
A few dentures, Great Clips, and Nordstrom should do the trick. He will come back telling us how he remixed and remade via makeover the love of his life. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Wellnews: Honey, you make no scents Jun 8, 2010
Contrary to popular mythology, none of Washingtons dentures were made of wood. His first set used human teeth inserted into carved elephant ivory. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Sex In Their 60's May 28, 2010
Until a pair of dentures falls into someone s Cosmo. Does Manolo Blahnik make orthopedic shoes for the "Early Bird Special" crowd. (Human Events Online)
Tissue Engineering Technique Yields Potential Biological Substitute for Dental Implants May 25, 2010
People who have lost some or all of their adult teeth typically look to dentures, or, more recently, dental implants to improve a toothless appearance that can have a host of unsettling psycho-social ramifications. Despite being the preferred (but generally painful and potentially protracted) treatment for missing teeth nowadays, dental implants can fail and are unable to "remodel" with surrounding jaw bone that undergoes necessary changes throughout a person's life. (Science Daily)
JonWertheimTennis Mailbag Perhaps a Facebook campaign can stop the plaid short craze. May 22, 2010
At some of these events the on-court attendants are sufficiently old enough to require their food cut into small bite-sized pieces lest their dentures become clogged. Speaking of Money for Nothing (4/26/10) what about volunteers at the majors. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Tennis)
Even my oatmeal wouldn't stay down May 7, 2010
Neo wrote on May 6, 2010 9:20 AM:" Go ahead and toss your oatmeal Jim, just don`t swallow your dentures! We don`t need to give the fire dept. any more overtime! ". Cogito wrote on May 6, 2010 7:27 AM:" Come on Jim, nobody makes you read their letters. Just start making a habit of reading the name first. If you can't do that, just tivo something on the tube that's more your speed. Something like "The View". ". (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
* Grandmothers from all over Africa hold summit on AIDS May 5, 2010
A summit of grandparents in the west might prompt jokes about bingo and dentures, but the inaugural African Grandmothers Gathering, starting in Swaziland tomorrow, is a gravely serious affair. More than 450 grandmothers from 12 African countries will meet to discuss the impact of losing adult children to AIDS, becoming the head of a household and raising grief-stricken grandchildren as their own. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Replacing the teacher replacements May 2, 2010
One of the subs had spent his time taking out his dentures and examining them for food. Another had opened his morning Chronicle with a flourish and instructed students not to bother him while he read. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Tummy Tucks, Implants Slice Brazilians' Taxes as Hard-of-Hearing Miss Out May 1, 2010
So are dentures and orthodontic braces. Home nursing can be discounted if provided as part of hospital treatment, he said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
http://slate.me/bPl0Bc May 1, 2010
These men/women work VERY HARD and in very dangerous conditions so that YOU can enjoy Solvents Diesel fuel Motor Oil Bearing Grease Ink Floor Wax Ballpoint Pens Football Cleats Upholstery Sweaters Boats Insecticides Bicycle Tires Sports Car Bodies Nail Polish Fishing lures Dresses Tires Golf Bags Perfumes Cassettes Dishwasher parts Tool Boxes Shoe Polish Motorcycle Helmet Caulking Petroleum Jelly Transparent Tape CD Player Faucet Washers Antiseptics Clothesline Curtains Food Preservatives... (Slate)
Dental clinic for disabled to stay open another year Apr 28, 2010
Advocates had warned last month that once the clinic closed, severely mentally disabled patients who were difficult to treat would have few places to turn for fillings, crowns, or partial dentures. Meagher said it is likely many patients will experience longer wait times and drives when they have to go to the other clinics. (Boston Globe)
Dental patients still have to wait Apr 22, 2010
It can go up to seven or eight years and that's a long time to wait with a toothache, without dentures or with pus pouring out of your gums. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Dont dillydally, save your dentures! Apr 22, 2010
Dont dillydally, save your dentures ... Dont dillydally, save your dentures ... Dentures that are not cleaned properly after meals can also harbor odour-causing bacteria and food particles. (India Times, India)
Health Tip: Why Are My Gums Bleeding? Apr 22, 2010
Dentures that don't fit properly. An infection of the teeth or gums. (MEDLINEplus)
The One Thing Apr 21, 2010
The constant media drumbeat is to watch out for those soccer moms with their strollers and those grandparents with lethal dentures they may strike at any moment. The good news is, history is a pattern it repeats itself. (Fox News)
The Doctors of Skid Row (5) Apr 20, 2010
"The biggest challenge is dealing with the long neglect of dental care. They don't come in like most people who would come in for a cleaning or something like that. They come in for a cleaning that can take multiple visits because their teeth have been so neglected. Many will need dentures.". Along with cleaning and providing dentures, the six-chair clinic performs fillings, tooth extractions and even root canals. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Dental laboratory technology is a field you can sink your teeth into Apr 17, 2010
They study the anatomy and physiology of the head and neck before learning to make removable partial dentures, complete dentures, bridges and other crowns ... Even in the midst of a bad economy, people lose teeth every day and they need crowns, bridges, dentures and other orthodontia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Marriage is totally worth it! Apr 15, 2010
Touching actually (maybe they share the same set of dentures). In ATL, seven years ago the AJC estimated there were more than 350, 000 singles OVER the age of 35. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Check the fine print before you sign the dotted line Apr 13, 2010
A woman who tried to help her sister-in-law get dentures ended up losing her own Medicare prescription benefits ... When a man called to say he had a prescription plan that would cover the dentures as long as the sister-in-law had diabetes or heart trouble. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Athens Nurses Clinic aims to help people without health insurance Apr 6, 2010
She tells another man about affordable dentures in Commerce. In a moment, she returns. (Athens Banner-Herald)
COMMENT: Sage Against The Machine Apr 3, 2010
These 'care-bots' will help grey-haired wards keep socially connected and frame shopping lists that include dentures and The Ventures. In short, senior citizens will live 'independently' just when, to fight loneliness, they'd prefer Humboldt the hamster's company to Robo-nurse's. (India Times, India)
In the search for healthy eating, dont overlook the toilet Apr 2, 2010
However, the bright side of this is I now have dentures and don t have to deal with a dentist. Besides this, and a small risk of over-shrinking, bulimia is the way to go, according to Garratt. (UCD Advocate, CO)
Body parts found at medical waste company Apr 1, 2010
He wouldn't release their names, but said the woman - identified through her dentures - was from the Southwest U.S.. In the case of one of the men, Hancock said he was able to find a death certificate based on a medical identification tag on an arm. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Bay Area dentists who make house calls Mar 30, 2010
Procedures that can be done at home include cleaning, extracting, and making or repairing dentures ... After her lower dentures were misplaced she had problems eating ... After four visits, she had her new dentures. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fast road to piety Mar 28, 2010
On her bedside table, every night in a middy glass with loads of stirred heaped tablespoons of Steradent denture cleaner, her double dentures floated along the bottom with dad's single set like mating fanged cuttlefish. Love is soaking your dentures together in a single glass, mouths wide shut. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Taking bite out of dental woes Mar 27, 2010
Cox took a look at his chart and said they would try and fit Bodnar with dentures. "These people deserve the best just like we do," she said, "even if they don't have any money.". (Florida Today)
"Survivor": The bizarro NCAA tournament Mar 26, 2010
Sure, she slept in her car for a while and probably pawned her mother's one pair of dentures and dolled out sexual favors for spare change. Who didn't. (Salon)
'Poppy,' clean and sober for 5 weeks, loses his way Mar 23, 2010
I'll go back at some point," Poppy said on Thursday afternoon. He was pushing a shopping cart filled with empty cans and bottles along the bank of the Hudson River. He paused to eat a take-out order of beans and rice that he bought with money from bottles he redeemed. It was his first food in two days. It was soft and easy to chew, important because he'd lost his dentures again and his mouth was a sunken maw as he spoke.Poppy washed down the food with a can of 211 Steel Reserve, a cheap malt... (Albany Times Union)
Thousands of disabled patients at Tufts Waltham facility must find care elsewhere Mar 22, 2010
The center s closing is forcing Tufts to shutter the dental clinic, and when it goes, advocates say, patients who are difficult to treat will have few places to turn for fillings, crowns, or partial dentures. Where will they go. (Boston Globe)
Ask Dr. H: Medication costs spur substitutions Mar 17, 2010
Frequent licking of your lips, poorly fitting dentures, missing teeth that cause moisture to accumulate along the corners of the mouth and dry lips are common causes for this. The usual treatments for most folks with angular cheilitis are moisturizing lip balm, petroleum jelly or antibiotic ointment, and to avoid licking the lips. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Stereotypes about aging may be bad for your health — or good for it Mar 15, 2010
With elders often portrayed as the dentures, wrinkle cream, and incontinence segment of our youth-obsessed society, negative messages about aging can be pernicious and long-lasting, specialists say. One recent study, by Yale University psychologist Becca Levy, tracked a group of 440 adults, from 1968 until 2007. (Boston Globe)
The Louise Slaughter House Solution Mar 12, 2010
(Slaughter spoke at the President s health care summit of the dire need for health care reform because people are being forced to wear dead people s dentures. . (Human Events Online)
Parker: Health care summit was political theater, but very instructive Mar 7, 2010
Louise Slaughter telling about a woman who, because she had no insurance, had to wear her deceased sister's dentures ... Maybe Republicans can trade Sarah Palin's "death panels" for Louise Slaughter's dentures and call it a draw. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
No comments posted. Mar 6, 2010
Young said he's received phone calls from people asking for him to look for dentures that they dropped. We can't find those sort of things," he said. 'And I'm not sure they'd want it after it's been through the plant.". (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Can Obama Coax Dems off Health Care Fence? Mar 5, 2010
FYI: That idiot woman @ the summit who said she had a voter who was using her DEAD sister's dentures. PLEASE--- What the heck. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Greg's Greg-alogue Mar 2, 2010
Louise Slaughter issued a dramatic call for health care reform, telling us of a woman who was so poor that she wore her late sister's dentures ... REP. LOUISE SLAUGHTER, D-N.Y.: I have a constituent that you won't believe and I know you won't, but her sister died, this poor woman had no dentures. (Fox News)
Governor Gibbons and Lawmakers Announce Budget Deal Mar 1, 2010
dentures and hearing aides for Medicaid recipients that were proposed for elimination. Dan Klaich, chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, said the cuts will cost the state's universities and colleges $50 million over the next 18 months. (KLAS-TV)
An example of need for better health care Mar 1, 2010
One grateful veteran visited our office last week to show us his new dentures. After years of tooth decay, he had lost many teeth and his treatment was to have nine additional teeth pulled and then be fitted for dentures. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Oba-Kabuki: A Box-Office Bomb Feb 27, 2010
When he wasn't cutting off Republicans who stuck to budget specifics and cited legislative page numbers and language instead of treacly, sob-story anecdotes involving dentures and gallstones, Obama was filibustering the talk-a-thon away by invoking his daughters, rambling on about auto insurance and sniping at former GOP presidential rival John McCain. "We're not campaigning anymore," lectured the perpetual campaigner-in-chief. (Human Events Online)
Rebuttals To Ryan? We're Still Waiting Feb 27, 2010
com - Rebuttals To Ryan. eIBD Investor's Business Daily Digital Edition. (Investors Business Daily)
Invisible supporting cast at health summit Feb 27, 2010
WASHINGTON They weren't seen or heard at Thursday's presidential health summit, but a supporting cast of characters haunted the scene, from a woman forced to wear her dead sister's dentures to President Barack Obama's daughters ... She talked of a constituent who had no insurance, had no dentures, and had to wear her death sister's ill-fitting teeth. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Notable quotes from the health care summit Feb 26, 2010
The costs of action or inaction"I even have one constituent -- you will not believe this, and I know you won't, but it's true -- her sister died. This poor woman had no dentures. She wore her dead sister's teeth, which of course were uncomfortable and did not fit." Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.. (MSNBC -- Health)
Spotlight on Dental Feb 25, 2010
- Hospital Corpsman Second Class Jeffrey Jone, Dental Lab Technician, works on a set of dentures at the Naval Branch Health Clinic Dental Office, Feb. 16. Jone has been working at the clinic for about three years, but has only worked on a few dentures; he only gets about five cases each year. (The Dolphin, CT)
Summer of unsatisfying contests Feb 24, 2010
Here was a tooth-and-claw man trapped in an age of dentures. Fast bowling is a primitive activity refined by experts. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Zinc Being Removed From Denture Cream Feb 20, 2010
It stressed that the products are safe when used as directed, but that some people use extra cream to correct ill-fitting dentures ... Alonso estimates about 30 million people in the U.S. wear dentures and use products like Poligrip. (W-USA News, DC)
Nazeris take over Buttram dentistry practice Feb 19, 2010
These new procedures include root canals, implants, extractions, dentures, partials and bridges. But the staff of the dental office has not changed. (Raton Range, AL)
Economy forces states to reduce Medicaid spending Feb 19, 2010
is cutting coverage for eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids. Most states are threatening bigger cuts starting in July unless Congress extends a higher federal contribution included in last year's $862 billion economic stimulus law. (USA Today)
As demand for care swells, many states cutting Medicaid Feb 19, 2010
In Nevada, which faces an $881 million budget gap, Governor Jim Gibbons, a Republican, proposed this month to end Medicaid coverage of adult day care, eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dentures, and, for a savings of $829,304, to reduce the number of diapers provided monthly to incontinent adults (to 186 from 300). The Medicaid program already pays doctors and hospitals at levels well below those of Medicare and private insurance, and often below actual costs. (Boston Globe)
Zinc dropped from Poligrip formula Feb 19, 2010
It stressed that the products are safe when used as directed, but that some people use extra cream to correct ill-fitting dentures. Glaxo s voluntary action comes as hundreds of lawsuits are poised to go to trial, alleging Poligrip caused nerve damage, leading to a loss of balance, loss of sensation in the hands and feet, and leaving some patients paralyzed. (Boston Globe)
Vets' Corner Working together Feb 11, 2010
We wish to thank all in our community that donated money for the dentures for a local National Guard member and to the dentist, Dr. Rhett Tipton, who accomplished the procedure. This community effort stretched as far away as Florida, Arizona, Gowen Field and members of our local community, which included Vale, Nyssa, Ontario, Fruitland and Payette. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Nev. Medicaid cuts could bring diaper rationing Feb 10, 2010
"Cutting them off of dentures, hearing-aid services and diapers ... I don't know how we look the elderly in the eye," she said ... About 4,400 people received dentures or had their dentures relined in 2009. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Denture cream suspected culprit in woman's debilitating disorder Feb 9, 2010
"Within five minutes of seeing him, he asked me if I wore denture cream," said Gilley, 26, who was forced to get dentures as a teenager after a genetic condition ruined her teeth ... "I think a lot of people out there have neuropathy and don't know it could be connected to their dentures." An estimated 35 million Americans use adhesives to secure their dentures, and most have no health problems associated with the creams ... She used the cream as often as every two hours to keep the poorly... (Montana Standard, MT)
New amputees worry about life ahead Feb 5, 2010
"It's kind of like you wearing someone else's dentures," he says. The labs will recycle parts from used prostheses to make new ones. (USA Today -- News)
Newt's Fictionalized History Feb 5, 2010
But the words did not leave his mahogany dentures, for just then did the squall toss a cold wet wave into General Washington s face, as if God in His wisdom wanted the Georgian citizen-sage to continue his counsel for the guidance of this young and blessed nation. And if I may finish, my third point. (The American Conservative)
4 boys sought in beating of woman at Maili home Jan 29, 2010
Police said her dentures were knocked out of her mouth ... Police said her dentures were knocked out of her mouth. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Governor Patrick calling for $75m hike in health plan Jan 28, 2010
Also, adults will now be required to get some of their dental care, including dentures and root canals, at community health centers, where costs are typically lower than at the dentist. Kay Lazar can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
- FROM THE DESK OF: Humor for the New Year 0 Jan 27, 2010
In a classic case of bad timing, Fred had just gotten a new set of upper dentures that didn t fit quite right. So, he was having a terrible time speaking clearly. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Diet dos and don'ts for senior citizens Jan 21, 2010
Food cooked should be soft and easy to chew, in case there have been teeth extractions or dentures are being used. Tips to right eating in old age. (India Times, India)
Law center appalled by co-pay hike Jan 20, 2010
The county also tightened the program's eligibility rules, stopped providing preventive dental care and is requiring patients to pay half the cost of dental services such as dentures or crowns. Murphy said previous court decisions established that the county programs 00002739 cannot simply pass health care costs to participants, who often are unemployed, disabled or on the verge of homelessness. (Modesto Bee, CA)
