Dental Health

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...

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-...

A simpler, fairer way to fund California's schools

2013-01-24 00:00:00

Driving along Pacific Coast Highway, you can see the successive layers of earth and rock that have piled up over millions of years to create California's coastal landscape. You can see a similar but less attractive phenomenon if you look at the way...

USC dental students treat patients in Kenya

2012-12-21 12:24:07

Jeffrey Beard sworn in as California's corrections secretary

2012-12-27 13:02:13

Live updates: Black Friday shoppers smash door at Urban Outfitters

2012-11-23 10:23:00

Shoppers surged into an Urban Outfitters store on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica after midnight Friday and smashed a tall glass door, injuring about five people, authorities said. Paramedics treated a few shoppers for minor cuts but no one...

Dealing with a nuclear Iran; America's wealth inequality; dentists trying new ways to drum up business

2011-12-06 08:55:00

Billy Graham improving; pneumonia a particular threat for the elderly

2011-12-02 14:14:00

Venus Williams and Sjogren's syndrome: The autoimmune disorder explained

2011-08-31 21:03:00

Dental Health

2011-03-31 18:05:40

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Smokeless tobacco may be on its way out of Major League Baseball parks

2011-03-29 12:43:00

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Dental care on a budget

2009-11-03 09:59:58

Times are tough enough for Californians; they're even tougher for Californians' teeth. "One-quarter of all adults and 28% of children in California have untreated dental caries [cavities]," says Len Finocchio, a senior program officer at the California...

Accused of being a phony dentist and kissing buttocks of woman with toothache. Charge: Practicing dental hygiene without a license. Read More

2012-11-24 00:00:00

"I have always loved to smile and I'm so grateful that I was born with good straight teeth," Henderson told Dear Doctor, an online magazine for dental health.

2012-09-13 09:59:00

Dr. Martin Hogan joins Loyola University Health System in the division of general dentistry as an associate professor in the surgery department at the Stritch School of Medicine. He will also lead the dentistry division's residency program.

2012-08-09 21:57:00