Dentistry Blog November Archive

Dentist's Socialize Through Dentist Network

11/24/08 22:40

The world wide web has truly grown into a user-based cyberspace where the main brains behind everything is its users. One example of which is social networking, though it appears to be a simple socializing online it offers more than just socializing for it connects people, educate users about new ideas, the world and more. A new emerging social networking site called the Dentist Network is dedicated to dentistry students and practitioners. Read the rest of this new social media for dentistry practitioners here:

Link: webitpr | Dentist Social Network Takes the Crown

$ 5.3 Million Research Grant to UF Collge of Destistry

The University of Florida, College of Dentistry recently announced that its clinic at the St. Petersburg College Semicole campus will be part of a five-year with a $5.3 million research program granted by the National Institutes of Health.

The research will aimed at increasing the survival rate for people with head and neck cancer that will greatly concentrate on the prevention and early detection.

Link: Tampa Bay Newspapers : Seminole Beacon  

Woman who pulled teeth put on probation

It takes years and years of specialized education to become a full-fledged dentist, which is why it is only detestable that there are people out there with no qualification and yet perform dental work on unknowing patients.

Such is the case of one woman here in Stamford, Connecticut, who pulled out teeth from a patient even though she is not a licensed dentist.

Link: Probation for Stamford woman who pulled teeth -- Courant.com