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12/05/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Shocking number of children being hospitalized for tooth decay due to excessive sugar consumption and lack of preventative care

While most parents are often worried about their kids getting injured while playing outdoors, a whopping 35,000 children younger than 10 needed tooth decay treatment in 2016 and 2017. According to statistics, children under 10 are now twice as likely to be hospitalized due to tooth decay rather than a broken arm. The worrisome matter is […]

01/08/2017 / By S.D. Wells

Veterans Affairs dentist may have spread diseases Hepatitis B and C, and even AIDS to veterans, then gets rewarded for it

You read that right, a VA dentist could have just infected nearly 600 veterans with deadly diseases. What happened to the Wisconsin dentist after he was caught endangering the lives and health of hundreds of US veterans and purposefully ignoring and violating VA regulations? Was he fired? Does he lose his license? Nope. He’s been […]

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