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 Local golfer is a young world champion
Kyle Cox, age 6, of Carrollton went to Pinehurst, N.C., and competed in the USKids Golf World Championship July 27-29. This was his second trip to the World Championship, tying for 16th last year at age 5 by shooting the lowest score of all 5-year-olds competing in the 6-and-younger division.
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Smiles was recently featured in Health & Fitness Sports Magazine.
Perfect Smile
"LIFE is what you Make of it. YOU are the only one who can
change yourself." When you look at your smile, do you like
what you see? If you don't, or if you even have questions about
it, you should learn more about what DFW Smiles can do for you.
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 Dr. Parker and his 5,000 CheerStix were featured in the November
21, 2002 edition of USA Today.
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Ten-Year Retrospective Observations of the Impact of a Rotary-Powered Brush vs Manual Techniques in Periodontal Maintenance
The purpose of this retrospective study is to determine whether the type of home brushing instrument used by periodontal patients can affect recare compliance and tooth retention. Data from 201 cohorts, half of which used a rotary mechanical brush, were evaluated throughout 10 years. At recall, 25% of the manual and 67% of the rotary users exhibited good to very good oral hygiene, the rotary group lost 0.082 teeth/patient/year compared with 0.185 teeth/patient/year, and 92% of the rotary group maintained acceptable recare intervals compared with 51% of the manual group. The findings for the efficacy of the rotary brush for these 3 parameters are both statistically and clinically relevant.
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According to the study reported in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology,
there is no clinical significant difference between designs of manual
toothbrushes in their reduction of gingivitis. The burden of effective
tooth brushing falls in the user and not the brand of the toothbrush.
The intense stabbing headache-like pain also known as “brain
freeze,” that happens after eating something cold affects
about 30% of the population. One theory states that the reaction
may be caused by rapid cooling of air in the frontal sinuses. Another
theory states that blood vessels in the mouth overburden pain receptors,
and then the pain is referred to the head.
Source: Academy of General Dentistry
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