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Flossing over: An immigrant bites into the American dream (Seattle


Flossing over: An immigrant bites into the American dream (Seattle Times)
Hard as it is to imagine today, Dr. Fresh was once an irregular flosser. He owned a company that made toothbrushes but took string in hand...

Jeweler's gold grill business to lose its luster (St. Petersburg Times)
A maker of gold grills is closing his shop after his stepson is arrested for running his own.

Is elementary school too soon for braces? Maybe not. (Austin American-Statesman)
Q: My daughter is in kindergarten and I'm surprised that some children not much older than her are already wearing braces. I suspect she'll need them at some point, but is it already time to see an orthodontist?

Ramirez goes extra mile to give kids chance for better life (The Idaho Statesman)
Lisa Ramirez is active in a number of organizations that help young Latinos. For example, the Center for Community and Justice (headed by Sam Byrd) is looking for help.

alt.sex.column (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
DEAR ANDREA: I stumbled across a press release (www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb314115.htm) from a dentist who, it says, "advises" her young patients with braces to avoid oral sex, as they might rip condoms and dental dams.

Decaying dental care (The Times Leader)
When his front teeth began falling out, Hubert Courtais decided to leave his longtime job as a waiter at a French restaurant. "Other people could see," he explained. "I lost three teeth, two up here and one on the bottom. ...

This dentist is pulling for the poor, uninsured (Baltimore Sun)
Retired army dental surgeon has been performing extractions for nearly two decades in Western Md. Tammy Spiker has a heart-shaped hole in her tooth. It's badly infected and hurts.

Ways to use your FSA money so that you don't lose it (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
In most cases, if you don't use your flexible spending account cash by Dec. 31, you lose it.

Hand-to-mouth life leads to a rich smile (Chicago Tribune)
LOS ANGELES -- Hard as it is to imagine today, Dr. Fresh was once an irregular flosser. He owned a company that made toothbrushes but took string in hand only when something stuck in his teeth.

Turtle visits the dentist (News 10 Now)
It wasn t your average operation at one Watertown dental clinic Wednesday. The patient was a hard shelled turtle.


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