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Halloween candy hikes risk of cavities, not just from more sugar, but from more frequent eating of it; here are tooth-friendly tips

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Photo from EnviroDad.com Halloween candy can rot your teeth. At Halloween, the issue is not just sugar, it's how often you eat it. Often...

Does gum disease indicate future joint problems? Study links gum-disease bacterium to collagen-caused rheumatoid arthritis

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Although researchers and clinicians have long known about an association between two prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases - periodontal d...

Effort for kids' dental health in Clark, started by volunteers and continued by health department with tax, earns national award

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"A community effort to fight tooth decay in children in Clark County has been named a model for the nation," veteran journalist Al...

Foundation breaks down poll by region to show differences among Kentuckians' views on health topics and issues

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The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released regional breakdowns of the Kentucky Health Issues Poll, conducted for it and the Health ...

Sick of all the bad facts about Kentucky's health? Here's encouraging news about oral health and drug treatment

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Despite the plethora of bad news about Kentucky's poor health status, there are many positive initiatives for Kentucky's oral health...

Oral health care for the poor in Kentucky suffers under managed care as dentists leave Medicaid; how about your county?

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Kentucky's serious oral-health problems are getting worse because fewer dentists are participating in the Medicaid program -- a result o...

Poll shows more than half of Ky. adults have no dental insurance and many go without essential dental care

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Routine dental care is essential to overall health, but a new poll shows 1.7 million Kentucky adults do not have dental insurance. That is m...

U of L dean says $50 billion in annual health costs could be saved if Americans just walked more

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Small changes in health behavior can have a huge impact on the public's overall health and well-being, and during National Public Health...

Louisville dental school to mark Women's History Month with women's art and oral-health fair and reception

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The University of Louisville School of Dentistry will kick off its Women's History Month celebration March 18 with "Chew Art,...

Poll finds four out of five Kentuckians are comfortable seeing a nurse practitioner or physician assistant for routine care

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New poll figures indicate the majority of Kentuckians are comfortable seeing a nurse practitioner, physician assistant or mid-level clinicia...

Health-care law addresses the most common chronic health problem in children, tooth decay, by requiring coverage for kids

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Tooth decay is children's most common chronic health problem, and the 2010 federal health-care law addresses this problem by requiring i...

Kentucky parents' overall perception of Kentucky children's health doesn't match the statistics, foundation survey finds

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Many Kentucky parents' perception of their children's health doesn't match statistics, suggesting that many health problems are ...

Electric cooperatives' monthly magazine looks at the poor health of our state's children

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Courtney Cagle, 14, of Clinton learns how to cook healthy spaghetti in UK's Cooperative Extension nutrition program The November issue o...

Dr. Mellanby's Tooth Decay Reversal Diet

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I have a lot of admiration for Drs. Edward and May Mellanby. A husband-and-wife team, they discovered vitamin D, and determined that ricket...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IX

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A Summary For those who didn't want to wade through the entire nerd safari, I offer a simple summary. Our ancestors had straight teeth, ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VIII

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Three Case Studies in Occlusion In this post, I'll review three cultures with different degrees of malocclusion over time, and try to ex...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VII

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Jaw Development During Adolescence Beginning at about age 11, the skull undergoes a growth spurt. This corresponds roughly with the growth ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VI

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Early Postnatal Face and Jaw Development The face and jaws change more from birth to age four than at any other period of development after ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part V

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Prenatal Development of the Face and Jaws The structures of the face and jaws take shape during the first trimester of pregnancy. The 5th t...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IV

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There are three periods during the development of the face and jaws that are uniquely sensitive to environmental influences such as nutritio...