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YORK, Pa., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the headquarters city for the #2 U.S. amalgam manufacturer, a broad-based coalition of community, faith-based, and environmental groups call on Dentsply International to cease making amalgam. Deceptively marketed as "silver fillings," amalgam is composed 50% of mercury. At a news conference at the Yorktowne Hotel on 21 May 2013, the speakers unveil a letter from 23 organizations from Pennsylvania, around the nation, and from six...
CHAMPION'S GATE, Fla., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT), a scientific dental organization, is unveiling an educational technical program to assist interested nations in facilitating a UN global treaty's requirement to phase-down use of dental amalgam fillings. IAOMT delegates, other NGO's and 137 countries participated in the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee...
-- International Scientific Dental Academy to Aid Nations -- CHAMPION'S GATE, Fla., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT), a scientific dental organization, is unveiling an educational technical program to assist interested nations in facilitating a UN global treaty's requirement to phase-down use of dental amalgam fillings. IAOMT delegates, other NGO's and 137 countries participated in the United Nations...
CHAMPIONS GATE, Fla., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nashville news anchor (Fox 17) Stacy Case will share her personal experience about the link between multiple sclerosis (MS) and dental mercury fillings on the January 3(rd) episode of CBS's The Doctors entitled "Dangerous Toxins." Case's compelling testimony of recovery from multiple sclerosis includes the safe removal of her mercury fillings by Ada Frazier, Alabama dentist and member of the International Academy of Oral...
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- John Schiro, DDS, FAGD, a cosmetic dentist in Austin, Texas announced today that he is working with Time Warner Cable and the Austin American-Statesman to educate Austin area residents about their options in cosmetic dentistry. Dr. John Christian Schiro and his partner Dr. Arturo Garcia have been providing life-changing smile makeovers in just two visits, in just two weeks with porcelain dental veneers for the last 20 years. Porcelain...
Marietta Dentists, Drs. Kirk Kimmerling, Alex Krempa and Susanna Aguilera now offer a teeth whitening system, the Venus White Pro, helping to support breast cancer research. The Venus smile gives patients a whiter, more attractive radiant smile with the added benefit of allowing the dental office and patients to reach out to others. The convenient at-home system whitens up to seven shades for a brighter, whiter smile. Marietta, GA (PRWEB) September 11, 2012 Venus White Pro is a mint...
SANTA MARIA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dentists have avoided offering veneers to younger patients due to the painful, invasive nature of traditional veneer methods and the potential for traumatizing the pulp. Now dentists have a noninvasive solution for these neglected young smiles: practice-building, ZERO-PAIN((TM)) SmileSimplicity(®) veneer procedures that do not require a single anesthetic injection. With SmileSimplicity, dentists can provide nonsurgical, reliable...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers recently found that children who receive dental fillings made of bisphenol-A (BPA), a plastics chemical, could have behavioral changes that are small but be significant over a long period of time. In the study, researchers examined 534 children in New England who had fillings for a minimum of two cavities. They looked at their social skills as part of the New England Children’s Amalgam Trial (NECAT) before the fillings...
SANTA MARIA, Calif., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Every dental practice has patients with healthy, but neglected smiles. Many dentists do not recognize those neglected smiles and miss the opportunities to help patients and grow their practice by offering noninvasive procedures that do not require anesthetic shots. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120712/LA39569) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101116/LA02911LOGO) With ZERO-PAIN(TM) SmileSimplicity®...
PHILADELPHIA, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Pennsylvania Coalition for Mercury-Free Dentistry will PROTEST the use of silver/amalgam dental fillings, containing 50% MERCURY at the "Nation of Smiles..." free dental event treating 600 underserved Pennsylvanians. Although free, the consumer advocacy organization is concerned about patients receiving toxic MERCURY dental fillings. The co-sponsors, University of Pennsylvania Dental School and the Academy...
