According to studies done in 2009 more the one-fifth of the state’s children between 3 and 18 received no dental care within the previous year.   While this is an improvement over the results done in 2001, when almost one-third of the state’s children received no care, the study found that foreign-born children and those without health insurance were still likely to forgo visits to the dentist

I am looking for a dental insurance plan in Michigan that is available for individuals to buy direct for their family.  I do nto receive dental benefits though my employer and I have three kids that need to go to the dentist for basic dental care in order to maintain good oral health care.  Please advise.

According to recent studies nearly 20 million Americans annually visit a dentist but not a general healthcare provider, according to an NYU study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study, conducted by a nursing-dental research team at NYU, is the first of its kind to determine the proportion of Americans who are seen annually by a dentist but not by a general healthcare provider.

This finding suggests dentists can play a crucial role as health care practitioners in the front-line defense of identifying systemic disease which would otherwise go undetected in a significant portion of the population, say the researchers.

Clinicians need a protocol to reduce the risk of substantial bleeding after dental extractions in cardiac patients who take anticoagulant medications.  In a study published by the Journal of Oral Implantology, it reveal that the use of leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin biomaterial, a material commonly used in dentistry to improve healing and tissue regeneration, is a safe filling and haemostatic material after dental extractions.

Just like health problems like cholesterol and high blood pressures, parents can also pass on bad breath and dental disease.  Cavities are not genetic but oral bacteria that causes dental diseases are contagious.

Parents that share  utensils, drink out of the same cup, kiss or share toothbrushes with children, they can spread bacteria to their children’s mouths. Children can also spread the bacteria amongst themselves by such actions as mouthing the same toys.  Establishing good oral health care habits is very important for you and your family dental care.

The Ohio State University Dental H.O.M.E. Coach was parked outside Valley Forge Elementary School on the North Side provide dental care to student in need.  The Dental Health Outreach Mobile Experience Coach travels to a different Columbus City School building every weekday and sometimes on Saturdays since the program started in 2005.

In the past year, the program has seen 2,723 patients and completed 9,723 procedures. That’s $353,990 of services, according to Ohio State. The program’s annual operating budget is about $250,000 a year.

Dental Clinic Expansion broke ground in December.  The Knox County Health Department’s Community Health Center will broke ground on its expansion. It expand the four-seat dental clinic by two chairs.  The dental expansion was made possible by a $100,000 grant from Illinois Department of Health and Family Services. The construction is slated to cost $38,000 and will be done by Quad City Walls.

Kentucky has made progress in ensuring low-income children receive dental services, yet there still is much work to be done in order to improve children’s oral health in the state,  according to the 2011 County Data Book, released November 29 by Kentucky Youth Advocates.

This is the 21st annual release of the data book, part of the Kentucky Kids Count project. The project monitors progress for Kentucky’s 1 million children on more than 100 measures of child well-being, including health, safety, economic well-being, and education.

Retired Dentist Invents Color Changing toothpaste called Vortex. St. Louis dentist, inventor and retired Chaminade chemistry teacher Dr. Howard Wright has invented Vortex, which bills itself as the world’s first color-changing toothpaste.

Dr Howard Wright hopes the color-changing process, from red and blue to purple, will make kids want to brush their teeth longer and more vigorously. Kids from the Hazelwood Community Center Tiny Tots program were the first to try the FDA-approved Vortex at the Delta Dental Health Theater

The American Dental Association advise a child should see a dentist by the time they are one or before their first birthday. Even though this is best advise many children do not see a dentist until they are much older.  By having your child see a pediatric dentists early on you can help to avoid dental fear later on in life.

Dr Miranda Albert DDS from Hinsdale IL recently open Brush Pediatric Dentistry, a dental practice specializing in pediatric care ranging from infants to teenagers. The new practice allows young patients a fun, anxiety-free trip to the dentist. Dr. Albert is dedicated to easing children into routine dental visits and providing stress-free, high quality dental care.

The autopsy report of the five year old boy that die in 2010 show that his death was due to a sedative commonly used to calm young children facing a drill in the dental chair.

The amount of chloral hydrate administered orally to the five year old on April 22, 2010, just before he was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest, was far more than the recommended dosage and caused a toxic reaction, experts said.

Chloral if  used in the exact dosage, it is safe and effective, however if accidentally give too much, it is not forgiving. hydrate has a potential for tragedy that is just too great,

Society could save millions of crowns each year if more children were fitted with fixed appliances. This is shown in unique studies performed by Sofia Petraon, a dentist and orthodontic specialist at the Department of Orthodontics at Malmo University in Sweden. Calculations indicate that at least ten percent of all eight- and nine-year-olds in Sweden have so-called crossbite.

Published in the Journal of Dental Research is a report on a preclinical investigation titled “Flagellin Enhances Saliva IgA Response and Protection of Anti-caries DNA Vaccine,”  Wei Shi the leading Author at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team of researchers demonstrate that anti-caries DNA vaccines, including pGJA-P/VAX, are promising for preventing dental caries. However, challenges remain because of the low immunogenicity of DNA vaccines.

According to a study done by the Faculty of Odontology at Malmö University in Sweden, the size of teeth in premature children is smaller than that of children who were full-term.  In recent years several studies of children’s dental health have been published by researchers at the Faculty of Odontology in Malmö. Liselotte Paulsson-Björnsson, a specialist in orthodontics, has studied 80 children born before week 33 of pregnancy.

Study done by Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers found the human body is better at fighting gum disease when fat cells, which trigger inflammation, disappear.

The pilot study of 31 obese people with gum disease. Half of the group with an average body mass index (BMI) of 39 had gastric bypass surgery and had fat cells from the abdomen removed. That half fared better than a control group of obese people with a BMI of 35 who also were treated for gum disease but did not have the gastric bypass surgery or fat remove

Published in the Journal of Dental Research, a study titled “MicroRNA Modulation in Obesity and Periodontitis,” University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Oral Health Institute, conducted a pilot investigation to determine whether obesity or periodontal disease modified microRNA expression and whether there was any potential interaction between obesity and periodontitis that could involve microRNA modulation.

The Faculty of Dentistry at Malmö University due a unique study that shows that when you age your jaws decreases. The study was stated in 1949. Plaster molds were made of the jaws of dental students, who were then in their twenties. Ten years later the procedure was repeated, and in 1989, forty years after the first molds, a final round was performed. On that occasion the researchers were in touch with 18 of the original 30 participants.

They found that over those forty years there was less and less room for teeth in the jaw. This crowdedness comes from shrinkage of the jaw, primarily the lower jaw, both in length and width. While this is only a matter of a few millimeters, but it is enough to crowd the front teeth. Science Daily (Oct. 31, 2011)

a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital, Women’s College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences shows, that forty-five per cent of Ontarians 65 years and older did not see a dentist in the last year, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and a reduced quality of life.

Having Poor oral health can contribute to many more serious medical conditions. with many of the dental services not covered under the universal health insurance program, many older adult do not see their dentist regularly due to cost.