1,500 Students to Get Free Dental Checkups
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By Kat Bergeron, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 9--More than 200 untreated cavities were discovered in Mississippi Coast children the first year the Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport sponsored its Brite Smiles! program.
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Dentists warn against complacency after figures show more than one in 10 people do not brush their teeth each day.
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MOSCOW -- Yekaterina Tkalenko brushes her teeth three or four times a day -- especially after tea or coffee -- has them professionally cleaned twice a year, and carries floss as though it were as vital as an inhaler. She recently spent nearly $1,000 to have her teeth whitened.
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Medical students say a planned fee increase at the University of Auckland will add more than $5000 to the cost of a medical degree.
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More than 100,000 people, including children as young as 10, will be asked to provide saliva tests and DNA samples in a new annual survey of the lives, behaviour and beliefs of people in the United Kingdom
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For some people, it&#39;s going to the dentist or even the doctor. For others, it&#39;s a bumpy plane ride or even something more down to earth, like that household chore which comes around a little too often.
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Dentists develop an alternative sedation procedure to potentially risky general anaesthetic.
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Low-income Michigan residents who don&#39;t have prescription-drug coverage will be able to enroll in a statewide discount program starting today.
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By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Sep. 9--Women can get a free breast exam and mammogram referral Oct. 19, at Waitman Barbe Elementary School.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Dental health is particularly important for people with diabetes, new findings indicate.
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By The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Dec. 17--A little fluoride goes a long way to fight tooth decay.
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On a recent day at the busy Walnut Street Dental Clinic in Hagerstown, Md., Ilaya Rajagopal treated an 18-month-old who had six cavities and lectured the child's mother, in his gentle way, about the damage caused by putting a baby to bed with a bottle.
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At a clinic almost in the shadow of the Chiron plant, a poster says to &quot;make an appointment today for your free flu jab.&quot;.
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NEW YORK  - With health officials now  urging Americans to dig into their family health history,  experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools -- and  upcoming holiday gatherings -- to get started on the project.
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PITTSBURGH - Imagine being denied a passport for, of all things, your teeth. It could happen, but not because they're crooked.
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One in six people are struggling to get access to NHS dentistry, a poll shows.
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Almost one in five dental students plans to shun NHS work completely, research suggests.