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Leading Surrey Dentist Offers Minimally Invasive Implants to Anchor Dentures With one in four people in the UK wearing dentures, the Denture Clinic offers the opportunity of a new and minimally invasive dental treatment to denture-wearers. At a fraction of the cost of traditional implants, a 'snap on' option is now available to secure lower dentures which are notoriously badly fitting.

The General Dental Council (GDC) has entered a new specialist training partnership with the Joint Committee for Specialist Training in Dentistry (JCSTD). The GDC's 13 Specialist Lists identify those dentists who have completed specialist training and are entitled to use the title 'specialist'.

The National Institutes of health has awarded Eastman Dental Center's Hyun (Michel) Koo, D.D.S, Ph.D., $1.6 million to continue his work on preventing dental caries, the single most prevalent and costly oral infectious disease in the U.S. Dental caries (decay) results from the interaction of specific bacteria (such as Streptococcus mutans) with dietary sugars.

Photo © Jeffrey Collingwood October is National Orthodontic health Month and Halloween candy can be a nightmare for trick-or-treaters with braces, but it doesn't have to be! Certain candy should be avoided...