Social determinants of health

Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, From Hagfish to Humans

Non-fiction book for adults by Bill Schutt with illustrations by Patricia J. Wynne. Algonguin Books of Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, NC, 2024.   Schutt, a vertebrate zoologist, provides an overview of the evolutionary history of teeth and the myriad ways different animals, including humans, have developed and used their teeth. Teeth play important roles in

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85 Million Americans Lack Dental Coverage. Fixing that Requires More Than Just Money

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A Trip to the Dentist Helped Uncover an 11-Year-Old’s Grapefruit-Sized Tumor and Saved her Life

A Trip to the Dentist Helped Uncover an 11-Year-Old’s Grapefruit-Sized Tumor and Saved her Life Read More »

For Want of a Dentist: Pr. George’s Boy Dies After Bacteria From Tooth Spread to Brain

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Demon Dentist

Children’s chapter book by David Walliams with illustrations by Tony Ross. Harper: New York, 2016.   Strange things have been happening in twelve-year-old Alfie’s town. When children put their lost teeth under their pillows for the Tooth Fairy, instead of money they find gruesome items like a dead snake, spiders, or an oozing scab. Alfie

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5 Years After Boy Dies from Toothache, Maryland Medicaid Dental Care is On Mend

5 Years After Boy Dies from Toothache, Maryland Medicaid Dental Care is On Mend Read More »