Twilight fans are sinking their teeth into vampire culture by paying cosmetic surgeons to give them fangs. In most cases the young fans are willing to spend around $200 (about £132) of their - or their parents’ - money on temporary vampire veneers. Taylor Wilkins, 16, had the sharp fangs installed at the Houston office of Floss Dental. ...In the clinic Dr Clint Herzog applied a tooth-coloured resin to Taylor's canines then shaped the composite into gently-sloped fangs. "It's similar to the material that we use to bond braces on the teeth," Dr Herzog explains. "So it can be put...

Dentists urged fast food restaurants to label signs on their gigantic burger products to warn consumers against over-extend their mouths to eat such food, local media reported yesterday. Many diners had to see dentists for jaw-related issues after consuming beef burgers served by two fast food chains, whose sizes are larger than normal, said Hsu Ming-lun, associate professor of the School of Dentistry of National Yang-Ming University. Some of them faced sore jaws and some even had difficulties opening their mouths; both are typical symptoms of Temporomandibular dysfunction, an injury related to jaws, added Hsu. People normally have their mouths...

The Democrats’ health care takeover didn’t stop with ObamaCare and there are some hurtful provisions in the new financial regulation bill Americans should know about if they have any expensive dental procedures coming up. For millions of American teenagers braces are an embarrassing rite of passage, and for their parents, a tremendous cost. According to bracesinfo.com [1], the average prices of straightening a teenager’s teeth is about $5,400. In South Carolina, where themedian family income is approximately $45,000 [2], the cost of braces for one child can total more than 10 percent of a parent’s gross income for the year....

Is it any surprise that NHS dentists are more likely than private ones to just pull teeth out, rather than bother to fix them? I wouldn’t let the NHS anywhere near my teeth because I know that most of the better dentists have jumped ship - in part thanks to Labour’s dental reforms. NHS dentistry doesn’t even have the merit of being free. It’s just cheap, and the service provided shows. I mean, who wants an old-fashioned amalgam filling in full view? I certainly don’t. It was a breath of fresh air switching to a good private dentist. The dentists...

Dr. Mohammad Kasim, the Iraqi Special Operations Forces' chief dentist, examines the teeth of a local Iraqi child during the first "Smile Day" at the ISOF dental clinic located on an Iraqi military compound in Baghdad, June 29. Photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Ledesma, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula. BAGHDAD — Dozens of Iraqi children scampered from one station to the next during the first "Smile Day" at the Iraqi Special Operations Forces’ Dental Clinic here, June 28 and 29. A cordial staff of Iraqi dentists and dental hygienists, along with Coalition volunteers, conducted the event that...

Col. Ryan Kuhn, from Clarks, Neb., deputy commanding officer for the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, gives a young boy a soccer ball March 4 in Jisr Diyala. Photo courtesy of Task Force Marne. FOB HAMMER — Col. Ryan Kuhn, deputy commanding officer of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, met with Hussein Gazi Zaydan, head of dentistry for the Mada’in Qada, March 4 in a hospital in Jisr Diyala. Kuhn, from Clarks, Neb., and Zaydan discussed ways to increase awareness of improved security in the Mada’in Qada, the 3rd HBCT’s area of operation, to attract new dentists and medical...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Chris Collier has been a patient of Dr. Dave Rummel for 30 years. When it comes to teeth, Collier is more concerned about his health than his smile. "The reason I come here is because I know I can trust the dentist I have," Collier said. "I know I can get good workmanship." SLIDESHOW: Images From Report Rummel is one of the few dentists in central Ohio who makes his own crowns, bridges and dentures, but most other dentists rely on outside dental labs, 10 Investigates' Lindsey Seavert reported. The labs can be down the street or...

Patients turn to DIY dentistry as the crisis in NHS care deepensBy JENNY HOPE - More by this author » Last updated at 06:48am on 15th October 2007 Hard to swallow: Few can find an NHS dentist The parlous state of NHS dentistry was exposed yesterday.  Such is the shortage of state-funded dentists that one in 20 patients has resorted to DIY treatment, in some cases pulling out their own teeth.  One in five has gone without treatment because of the cost. And of those who have registered with a private dentist, three-quarters did so only because their surgery stopped...