Dentist Finder San Diego http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog What's New in Dental News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 UPDATE: Mom convicted over lack of dental care for son http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/update-mom-convicted-over-lack-of-dental-care-for-son/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/update-mom-convicted-over-lack-of-dental-care-for-son/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:36:24 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=501 Read the original story.

The Washington woman who was convicted of second-degree criminal mistreatment for not seeking dental care for her developmentally disabled 10-year-old son was sentenced to nine months in jail on Monday. She will serve three months of the sentence in custody, then go on electronic home monitoring for the rest of the term.

The boy has been in foster care since 2008. The state is in the process to…

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Sonya Capri Ramos and her children

A Salt Lake City woman who could lose her house over an unpaid dental bill has been granted another round in court to try to keep her house.

Sonya Capri Ramos bought her home for $51,000 in 1994 with a low-income homeowners loan from Salt Lake City. In 1995, Ramos was charged $68 for dental treatment for her daughter and failed to pay the bill. Collection…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/home-seized-for-unpaid-dental-bill/feed/ 0 Florida dental office worker charged with grand theft http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/florida-dental-office-worker-charged-with-grand-theft/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/florida-dental-office-worker-charged-with-grand-theft/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:42:44 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=491 Randy Susan Verdino, 46, was charged with grand theft, use of another’s identity without their permission and two counts of illegal use of a credit card.

Verdino worked for Dr. Frederick Eck of Bonita Dental in Bonita Springs, Florida. She allegedly racking up over $2,000 in charges on Dr. Eck’s credit card from October to December. Some of the items purchased were 15 charter tickets for Key West Express and three…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/florida-dental-office-worker-charged-with-grand-theft/feed/ 0 Mom convicted over lack of dental care for son http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/mom-convicted-over-lack-of-dental-care-for-son/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/mom-convicted-over-lack-of-dental-care-for-son/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:33:10 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=486 A Washington woman was convicted Wednesday of second-degree criminal mistreatment for not seeking dental care for her developmentally disabled 10-year-old son.

The boy suffered several abscesses from severe decay, which required several of his adult teeth to be removed. The condition could have been life-threatening if allowed to continue without treatment, according to a doctor.

The defense attorney contended she was unaware of the extent of the problem and that she lacked…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/mom-convicted-over-lack-of-dental-care-for-son/feed/ 1 Kids more likely to visit the dentist if their parents do http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/kids-more-likely-to-visit-the-dentist-if-their-parents-do/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/kids-more-likely-to-visit-the-dentist-if-their-parents-do/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:04:33 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=477 Whether or not children receive regular dental care is strongly associated with their parents’ history of seeking dental care according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.

“When parents don’t see the dentist, their children are much less likely to see the dentist,” says Inyang Isong, MD, MPH, of the MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, the study’s lead author. “We also found that the…

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