| Smile Reminder Creates over $100 Million for Users -- in One Year
Doctors, dentists and other medical professionals are making sure their waiting rooms stay full by using Smile Reminder, a service that sends text reminders to patients weeks, days or hours before the appointment via their cell phones, PDAs, blackberries and e-mail. .
Health Experts Step Up Debate Over Safety Of Plastics
WASHINGTON - When people say plastics are everywhere, they really mean everywhere: in the containers that hold your food; in the pipes that carry your water; in the bottles you use to feed your infant; in window frames, shower curtains and raincoats; in eyeglasses and safety helmets; in phones or keyboards. They're in clothing; they're in toys; they're in bandages, lipstick and nail polish.So ubiquitous. So useful. And, some say, so dangerous.Many scientists and environmental advocates believe man-made components in plastics - particularly a group of compounds called phthalates and another hormonally active chemical known as bisphenol A, or BPA - can leach harmful chemicals that get absorbed into our bodies. Some blame plastics for increased rates of cancer, asthma, neurological disorders and infertility.Those fears - debated for more than a decade - were ratcheted up last week by two events: A draft report by the National Toxicology Program acknowledged for the first time "some concern" that BPA might affect neural and behavioral development "in fetuses, infants and children at current human exposures." The federal health agency's report included early puberty in girls and hyperactivity among these developmental disturbances.cosmetic dental
The ''Academy Award'' Winner of Cosmetic Dentistry Can Transform Your Smile
When it comes to your eyes, your heart, your lungs or your brain, you would want the best medical care. It should be the same with your smile. LUMINEERS(TM) continue to set the gold standard in veneers among the most respected cosmetic dentists in the nation. This year, one of the most influential dental trade publications, The Dental Advisor, has given LUMINEERS resounding praise by awarding the minimally invasive veneer option "Top Cosmetic Product" for 2008. Also receiving the highest Five Plus, LUMINEERS demonstrated a 96% clinical rating, making it on par with Academy Award winning talent in the entertainment industry. (www.lumineers.com) .
...And you'll look smarter, too
The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry reports a new smile can make you appear more intelligent. In the study, pictures of eight individuals were shown to 528 Americans, a statistically valid cross-section of the population. The eight people had to be judged on how attractive, intelligent, happy, successful in their career, friendly, interesting, kind, wealthy, popular with the opposite sex, and sensitive to other people they were. cosmetic dental .
Brides! save your smile by staying away from tea
DUBAI � Taking cups of tea and coffee in a day for a long period of time can cause a life-long teeth discolouration, which may spoil a bride�s smile on her wedding day. Dr Sahar Fahmi of the Dubai Health Authority stressed this at the Women�s Healthcare Seminar, advising brides-to-be to avoid this just as they should refrain from smoking or taking too much soft drinks on a daily basis. She stressed that healthy smiles for brides are not as easy as getting a dental cosmetic overnight. They are planned from the time they are six months old until they become a bride. Speaking at the Women�s Healthcare Seminar which concluded on April 26 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, Dr Fahmi revealed that most brides thought getting a beautiful smile on wedding can be done immediately without long-term planning.cosmetic dental
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