Taking Care of Your Teeth
PREPARED PATIENT RESOURCE | Promote Your Health
Oral health is an important component of health and should be started early in one’s life.

100 Million Without Dental Care
PREPARED PATIENT BLOG | November 12, 2012 | Trudy Lieberman
Every year, over 100 million Americans don’t go to the dentist because they can’t afford it, leaving many in pain. How can people pay for dental care?

In the Medical Market Place—Another Way to Pay for Dental Care
PREPARED PATIENT BLOG | July 30, 2012 | Trudy Lieberman
Across the country some 200 dentists have begun selling a package of basic dental services with a membership plan similar to those offered by big retailers like Costco and Sam's Club.

Prepared Patient: Do I Have to Go to the Dentist? Oral Health Starts Early
PREPARED PATIENT BLOG | June 28, 2012 | Health Behavior News Service
Many of us have vivid memories of tying a thread to a loose tooth and wiggling it back and forth with our tongue all the time hoping for a profitable visit from the Tooth Fairy. Facebook is full of school and family photos of kids with cute, gap-toothed smiles. But increasingly, children are losing their baby teeth not due to the budding of their permanent teeth but to the ravages of early decay and cavities. There are a number of reasons kids and adults don't make it to the dentist regularly. For some parents, it's a lack of understanding about the importance of oral health, even at an early age.

Selling Dental Services Like Chevrolets
PREPARED PATIENT BLOG | June 27, 2012 | Trudy Lieberman
Mailers from a New York City dentist piqued my interest last week offering zero percent financing ' the same come-on that car manufacturers have used for years to entice you to buy Chevys and Toyotas.

No Evidence to Support Removing Impacted Wisdom Teeth
HBNS STORY | June 13, 2012
Little evidence exists to support removing impacted wisdom teeth that are not causing pain and swelling, aren’t negatively affecting other teeth, and that are disease-free, finds a new review in The Cochrane Library.

Do I Have to Go to the Dentist? Oral Health Starts Early
PREPARED PATIENT ARTICLE
Increasingly, children are losing their baby teeth not due to the budding of their permanent teeth but to the ravages of early decay and cavities. For some parents, this is a result of a lack of understanding about the importance of oral health, even at an early age.

New Study Shows Unmet Dental Needs in Los Angeles Children
HBNS STORY | May 6, 2011
The 2007 death of a Maryland child from untreated tooth decay exposed the need for better dental care in families with limited resources. In a new study, researchers found dental care deficits in Los Angeles.

Fluoride in Water Prevents Adult Tooth Loss
HBNS STORY | August 24, 2010

Open Wide and Say Uh-oh
PREPARED PATIENT BLOG | June 22, 2010 | Sarah Jorgenson

Dental Treatment Might Lower Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetes
HBNS STORY | May 11, 2010

Best Fluoride Levels Determined for Children’s Toothpastes - Embargoed for January 19, 2010, 7:01 p.m. EDT
HBNS STORY | January 19, 2010