Dentist Finder San Diego http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog What's New in Dental News Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:40:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Parents Sue After Teen Dies During Wisdom Tooth Surgery http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/parents-sue-after-teen-dies-during-wisdom-tooth-surgery/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/parents-sue-after-teen-dies-during-wisdom-tooth-surgery/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:36:01 +0000 kevinarp http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=781 The parents of a Maryland teen who died earlier this year duringwisdom tooth surgery have sued the oral surgeon and the anesthetist for medical malpractice. Read Full Story on ABC News.

 

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The lawsuit alleges that Steven Runyon’s dentist first noticed a “raised area” on his patient’s tongue in December 2008 — nine months before he first was diagnosed with cancer — and failed to advise him to look into it further. Runyon saw Dr. …

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Adolfo A. Silverio, 58, was charged with practicing dentistry without a license and the unlicensed possession of a prescription legend drug on July …

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/new-jersey-man-arrested-for-unlicensed-dentistry/feed/ 0 Preventive Dentistry http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/preventive-dentistry/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/preventive-dentistry/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:56:15 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=770 There is a nice article about prevention by Dr. Thomas Connelly from the Huffingtonpost.com. The bottom line, it is much cheaper to visit the dentist twice a year then it is to wait until your teeth hurt.

Dr. Connelly’s advice for dentistry on a budget:

• Brush 3x a day — after each meal. Yes, bring a toothbrush to work.

• Floss every evening.

• See your dentist twice yearly, …

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