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Patients get dental work done in the gym of Hedgesville High School in Berkeley County, W.Va., which an army of 700 volunteers turned into a free clinic. The two-day effort was staffed by 50 volunteer dentists and funded by a local philanthropist.

HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon has criticised exponential increases in dentists' fees, warning that costs are so high that having healthy teeth is becoming the new indicator of personal wealth.

Oral health is often a window to overall health. Therefore, it pays to pay attention to your teeth and gums. Remember that an ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure.

Staff at a dentistry in Arlington, Washington have decided that they will ride horses to work after gas prices hit US$4 a gallon. More than half the staff working at Dr. Keith Leonard's dental surgery own horses.

Untreated tooth abscess is very dangerous. If abscessed tooth left untreated, the tooth infection can spread and you can lose your tooth or have other health problems. Left untreated, tooth abscess may compromise the immune system and in some cases may become life-threatening.

It may take a while, but with the right dental braces, the teeth will slowly but surely move into their correct positions. When you’re feeling frustrated about having a face full of wires, springs, and rubber bands, just remember that no matter what, your braces will come off eventually, and you will be left with a wonderful, straight smile!

Albert Einstein said, “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

Everyone is feeling the pressure of higher gas prices. I'm not an economist and my thinking may be overly simplistic, but it seems to me that higher gas prices are a simple function of supply and demand. More countries aside from industrialized Western countries, India and China in particular, are using gas for cars far more than ever before.

Some people say we should ask the oil producing countries to lower prices, but why should they? Others say we should drill our own oil off of our beaches and in our wilderness areas. This modest dentist says we should stop using oil--or at least drastically lower our consumption.

We have the technology available now for electric cars which can be plugged in at home for charging. Yes, the electricity produced may come from power plants that burn oil. But what if every roof in America had solar panels that produce electricity? Not only is this technology also available now but there are even photovoltaic shingles that look like a good old fashioned roof. It may temporarily rock our economy if the oil companies and electric companies lose business but we will adjust. And building the new infrastructure--solar roofing and electric cars--will boost our economy on another front.

While we're at it, let's expand our trains, subways, and other public transportation so that it's just as convenient (and cost effective) to take public transit as it is to drive. Less traffic--gas or electric--would be nice.

Whether you believe in global climate change or you simply want to save money, electric cars and public transit make a lot of sense. And remember you can always walk or ride a bike!

Let's take Einstein's advice and move away from oil which is 19th century technology.

A professional teeth cleaning not only helps to keep your teeth healthy, it keeps your body healthy as well,” explains family dentist, Ann Nguyen. “Dirty teeth are a breeding ground for bacteria and acids that cause plaque and lead to infections.”

Since basic insurance policies and even a few extended policies generally don’t cover dental care, Western residents are faced with the prospect of paying high prices that eat away at their resources in the interest of maintaining dental hygiene. However, with medical travel and dental tourism becoming ever more popular each year, affordable dental care is now within reach of many more individuals.

Once the researchers took other things into account – such as how often a child's teeth were brushed, and family income – they found that parental smoking did not affect cavities in the 3-year-olds. However, a 5-year-old with at least one smoking parent was more than 3 times as likely to have cavities as a 5-year-old whose parents didn't smoke.