Dental news and blogs

  1. 1 dead, 4 hurt in Calif. dental office shooting (USA Today) - A gunman opened fire inside a busy dental office in an apparent domestic dispute Wednesday, killing one woman and critically wounding three others, police said. A fourth person was grazed by a bullet.
  2. 1 dead, 4 hurt in SoCal dental office shooting (AP via Yahoo! News) - A gunman who opened fire inside a busy dental office in an apparent domestic dispute — killing one woman and critically wounding three others — was being interrogated, police said.
  3. 1 dead, 4 hurt in SoCal dental office shooting (Deseret News) - A gunman opened fire inside a busy dental office in an apparent domestic dispute Wednesday, killing one woman and critically…
  4. 1 killed, 4 hurt in dental clinic shooting (UPI) - SIMI VALLEY, Calif., July 2 (UPI) — One person was reported killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a dental office in Simi Valley, Calif., police said.
  5. Dental clinic organizers sign lease (The Herald-Mail) - MARTINSBURG, W.VA. The opening of a dental clinic for Eastern Panhandle residents who cannot afford care has cleared another hurdle, according to United Way of the Eastern Panhandle officials.
  6. Dental records used to ID Blair fire victim (WXOW 19 La Crosse) - Associated Press - July 2, 2009 6:45 PM ET BLAIR, Wis. (AP) - The victim of a Blair house fire has been released after authorities used dental records to confirm it.
  7. Man suspected of killing wife in SoCal dental office after she demanded divorce (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - A man distraught that his wife wanted a divorce is suspected in the shooting at a Southern California dental office that killed her and wounded four other employees, police said Thursday.
  8. Nanotech dental fillings may last longer (UPI) - AUGUSTA, Ga., July 2 (UPI) — A U.S. researcher is using nanotechnology to help tooth-colored dental fillings last longer.
  9. Simi man behind bars after wife killed, 3 wounded at dental clinic (Los Angeles Daily News) - SIMI VALLEY — Authorities have arrested a 30-year-old man suspected in a shooting rampage sparked by marital problems that left his young wife dead and wounded three of her colleagues inside a dental office.
  10. Victim ID’d In SoCal Dental Office Shooting (CBS 2 Los Angeles) - Police said Thursday that the shooting at a Southern California dental office stemmed from a domestic dispute and the victim was the gunman’s wife. Simi Valley police Sgt. Bill Lappin identified the woman killed in Wednesday’s shooting at the Family Dental Care office as 24-year-old Mariela Paredes.
  11. ‘Chewing Robot’ could revolutionise dental research - A ‘Chewing Robot’ which mimics the human jaw and teeth could revolutionise dental research it has emerged.
  12. Muslim NHS dentist ‘tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress’ - A Muslim NHS dentist faces being struck off after a tribunal ruled he tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress before treating them.
  13. The Chewing Robot simulates human mouth - It’s regular polymers and ceramics that are used in dental surgeries to rectify the human jaw.