Doxycycline (On the gums) dox-i-SYE-kleen Treats periodontitis (infection of the gum). This medicine is a tetracycline antibiotic. Drug classes Antibacterial (About this…
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Vibra-Tabs (see Doxycycline)
by explainingmedicine June 16, 2016Doxycycline (On the gums) dox-i-SYE-kleen Treats periodontitis (infection of the gum). This medicine is a tetracycline antibiotic. Drug classes Antibacterial (About this…
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Adoxa Pak 1/150 (see Doxycycline)
by explainingmedicine June 16, 2016Doxycycline (On the gums) dox-i-SYE-kleen Treats periodontitis (infection of the gum). This medicine is a tetracycline antibiotic. Drug classes Antibacterial (About this…
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Live Chat 2:30 p.m. ET: Inside America’s Dental Care Crisis
by explainingmedicine June 10, 2016More than 100 million Americans can’t afford a visit to the dentist, resulting in preventable diseases, bankruptcy and sometimes even death. Poor children are especially at risk — many dentists won’t see children on Medicaid because there’s no profit margin. One in four children have untreated tooth decay, now the most common chronic illness among […]
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Dr. Bill Calnon: Why Dentistry Needs More Prevention, Not More Treaters
by PBS June 10, 2016Is there a strict line between teeth and the rest of the body? There is distinct correlation between oral health and systemic or full-body health, especially in terms of poor oral conditions being very interrelated with diabetes, with cardiovascular disease and many other diseases. … Would it be better if dentistry and the rest of […]
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Aspen Dental CEO Bob Fontana: “We’re Big Advocates for the Patient”
by explainingmedicine June 10, 2016So you started in the dental business coming out of business school. And this was about what time frame? So I got done with school in 1991 and went to work for a company called Upstate Dental in Syracuse, N.Y., and worked there for about three or four years. And in 1991, the idea of […]
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Dr. Frank Catalanotto: Why The ADA Is Wrong About Access To Dental Care
by PBS June 10, 2016Out of curiosity, how did you become so fervent about this issue? I was a typical middle-class kid who didn’t understand that dental access problems were a serious problem in the early part of my career. But in 1985 I moved to San Antonio … and I got to spend two weeks on a border […]
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Watch Dollars and Dentists, FRONTLINE’s investigation into the the flaws in our dental system. A trip to the dentist’s office may instill a sense of dread, but for the majority Americans, access to care is rarely an issue. For roughly one-third of the population, though, finding a dentist can seem next to impossible. The problem […]