Dentistry and Dental Health

Skelton: Lawmakers should restore dental care

2013-05-23 07:00:00

Democrats and special interests have a long wish list of government programs they want to spend more on now that California's budget crisis has faded. They hope to use the latest report from the nonpartisan legislative analyst, who forecast more tax...

Portland, Ore., voters say no to fluoride in the water

2013-05-22 16:31:00

Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add the cavity-fighting mineral to tap water was defeated Tuesday, with more...

The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor

2013-05-22 16:45:00

SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...

Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that

2013-05-18 22:41:00

PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...

Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state

2013-05-14 20:38:00

SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...

Josh Hamilton's allergies not linked to drug use, doctors say

2013-05-16 19:25:00

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Khloe Kardashian gets braces? No, don't call her Invisaligns that

2013-05-15 14:11:00

Khloe Kardashian Odom doesn't have braces, but she is working on perfecting her smile with tooth-straightening apparatus. At age 28 the reality TV star is working on her smile but, thanks to technology and progress, she's doing it the 21st century way:...

Mother's Day memories: Piano lessons -- for life

2013-05-12 00:00:00

It came with us always. First the old upright, then the Baldwin, then the Steinway grand, no matter how often we moved, or how far — she'd no more have left it behind than she'd have left me. There was, in those days, much shouting and storming...

Of course you're stressed. Just look at you.

2013-04-27 00:00:00

We all know the face of stress: the clenched jaw, the furrowed brow, the intense stare. And, really, it's not a bad look. We all do some of our best work under pressure. Adrenaline and other stress hormones give us the kick start we need to meet deadlines...

Businessman accused of using doctors' investments on cars, boats

2013-04-19 10:42:00

An Orange County businessman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of defrauding dozens of doctors and dentists out of money to fund his own powerboats, luxury cars and stock in the Green Bay Packers. David Rose, 56, of Coto de Caza,...

Oklahoma dental patients diagnosed with hepatitis C, HIV

2013-04-18 14:38:00

Dozens of Oklahoma dental patients have been diagnosed with hepatitis C and at least one case of HIV, state health officials said Thursday, four weeks after finding a multitude of health code violations, including rusty tools, at a dental practice in...

John Hinckley Jr. behaving normally, Secret Service says

2013-04-12 19:34:00

WASHINGTON — The man who shot Ronald Reagan and three other men in 1981 has been behaving normally when he leaves the mental hospital in Washington, D.C., where he is being treated, according to Secret Service observations in newly released court...

Yana Kesala stars in "The Ukrainian Dentist's Daughter."

2013-05-17 13:06:00

Whitneyville Dental: Dr. Aaron Gross.

2013-05-17 07:41:00

Aberdeen Kiwanis president Cartor Carlson, right, recently presented dental van coordinator Vicki Holley, center, of Avera St.

2013-05-05 15:49:00