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Appropriate Dental Care
Care of Your Teeth and Mouth (NIH Fact Sheet) (posted 10/12/03)Recommended Products (posted 5/11/14)How to Choose a Dentist (updated 7/24/02)How Dental Materials Compare (revised 10/30/08)Dental Materials Fact Sheet (California) (posted 7/8/02)Dishonest New “Fact Sheet” Being Considered (posted 8/12/03)Fighting Gum Disease: How to Keep Your Teeth (posted 11/22/02)Dental Care for Down Syndrome Patients (link to another site)CDC Recommendations for Caries Prevention and Control (posted 8/21/04)NIH Consensus Panel Statement on Diagnosis and Management of Dental Caries (posted 8/21/04)Questions and Answers about sealants (NIH Fact Sheet) (posted 3/13/05)Miscellaneous Questions and Answers (posted 11/15/04)Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorders (posted 1/7/09)ADA Diagnostic X-ray Recommendations (link to ADA Web site)
Questionable Theories and Practices
Air Abrasion Systems: Potential for Injury and Abuse (posted 7/1/02)Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) OrthodonticsBizarre Tooth Charts (posted 11/9/04)Bioesthetic Dentistry: Does It Offer Good Value?ChirodonticsDental KinesiologyDenturism (revised 2/14/07)Hair Analysis (link to Quackwatch)HealOzone Treatment (posted 1/1/06)Holistic and biological dentistry (link to Quackwatch)Keyes Technique (link to another site)Massive Dental Fraud Uncovered (updated 8/23/11)Cavitational osteopathosis (NICO) and “Biological Dentistry”Neural Therapy (link to Quackwatch)Nonrecommended Books (posted 12/27/08)Quackery in Dentistry: Past and Present (link to another site)“Psychic Dentistry” (link to another site) Sargenti Root Canal Treatment (updated 1/9/14)Serum Compatibility Testing (link to Quackwatch)“TMJ” Therapy (posted 12/6/08)The Under Armour Mouth Guard: A Skeptical Look (updated 11/26/14)Why Chelation Therapy Should Be Avoided (link to Quackwatch)ViziLite Screening (updated 11/24/13)Dental Fraud and Abuse (link to Dental Health Alliance)Dubious Dentistry Course (Jarvis, 1990) (posted 1/31/20)
General Information about Quackery
How to Spot a Quack (link to Quackwatch)How Quackery Sells (link to Quackwatch)More Ploys That Can Fool You (link to Quackwatch)Why People are Vulnerable (link to Quackwatch)How Quackery Harms (link to Quackwatch)Why Professionals Become Quacks (link to Quackwatch)
Amalgam Facts
The Amalgam Scare Campaign (link to Quackwatch)Key Points about Dental Amalgam (revised 9/24/04)More Notes on the Anti-Amalgam Movement (posted 12/18/10)Dubious Mercury Testing (link to Quackwatch)NCAHF Position Paper (posted 10/7/02) FEATURETen Clinical and Legal Myths of Anti-Amalgam (posted 11/1/02)Ten Medical Myths of Anti-Amalgam (posted 11/1/02)U.S. Rep. Diane Watson Introduces Anti-Amalgam Bill (link to Quackwatch)FDA Consumer UpdateCDC Fact Sheet (posted 7/1/02)Q&A About Dental Fillings and Alzheimer’s Disease (link to Alzheimer’s Association)Statements of Support (updated 9/3/02)ATSDR Public Health Statement for Mercury (posted 9/3/02)News Briefs (updated 3/28/08)DMPS Facts and Patient Reports (link to another site)
Fluoridation Facts
Don’t Let the Poisonmongers Scare You! (updated 2/22/13)Flier for Fluoridation Campaigners (posted 7/27/14)Dental Fluorosis: Much Ado about Nothing (updated 2/06/13)Fluoridation Costs and Savings (posted 11/19/15)Editorials and Columns Supporting Fluoridation (2005-2012) (posted 2/23/13)Links to Key Documents on Community Water Fluoridation (posted 5/4/14)British Groups Issue Comprehensive Report (posted 4/13/05)American Dental Association’s Fluoridation Facts BookletCommunity Experiences with Early Fluoridation Campaigns (1958) (posted 7/21/18)Consumer Reports: 2-Part Report in Fluoridation (1978) (posted 7/5/20)Classification and Appraisal of Objections to Fluoridation (1960) (posted 1/9/12)A Recent Critique of Antifluoridation Literature (posted 4/10/12)Response to Paul Connett’s “50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation“The Tooth Robbers: A Profluoridation Handbook (1980) (posted 10/7/11)Fluoridation of Water and Cancer: A Review of the Epidemiological Evidence (1985) (posted 11/26/12Fluoridation: Questions and Answers. British Dental Association, 1976 (posted 12/9/14)Fluoridation: The Search and the Victory (1970)Comments on the Opponents of Fluoridation (1965)Fluoridation Statistics (posted 11/4/04)Fluoridation Safety and Efficacy: A Response to John Colquhoun (1999) (posted 12/14/02)Royal Commission on the National Health Service (1979) (posted 8/11/20)Statement of support from Dr. Linus Pauling (posted 7/8/02)Statement of support from Dr. Benjamin Spock (posted 7/8/02)Position Statement of the Canadian Paediatric Society (link to another site)Salt Fluoridation Effective in Reducing Tooth Decay (posted 6/13/06)Fluoridation Roadmap for Legislators (posted 7/8/02)Abuse of the Scientific Literature in an Antifluoridation Pamphlet (posted 5/6/19)Community Water Fluoridation on the Internet and Social Media (posted 2/21/15)Why the Recent Study Alleging Fluoridation/ADHD Link is Rubbish (posted 3/12/15)Fluoride Legislative User Information Database (FLUID): Archive of fluoridation news, laws, policies, and legal casesOrganizations That Support Fluoridation (posted 8/26/02)Quotes from Supportive Organizations (posted 11/26/14)The Ethics of Fluoridation (link to another site)The Psychology of Antifluoridation (1983)Unprincipled Opposition (posted 11/13/03)News Briefs (updated 3/4/03)Senate Hearing on the Children’s Dental Health Act of 1971 (posted 12/1/12)Government ReportsPublic Health Ontario Evidence Review for Adverse Health Effects (2017) (posted 1/7/19)CDC Fact Sheet (2011) (posted 9/27/11)CDC Recommendations for Using Fluoride to Prevent and Control Dental Caries in the United States (2001) (posted 9/27/11)Congressional Research Service Review of Safety, Benefits, and Regulation (1970) (posted 9/27/11)Fluoride Drinking Waters (USPHS 1962) (posted 4/8/16)1966 Dental Health Assembly (Emphasis Fluoridation) (posted 6/6/16)HHS/EPA Propose to Update Fluoride Concentration in Community Water Supplies (posted 12/2/11)Index of U.S. Public Health Service Bulletins Supporting Fluoridation (updated 9/22/20)USPHS Fluoridation Newsletter, 1967-1973Water Fluoridation Health Monitoring Report for England, 2018 (posted 4/13/18)Public Health England: 2014 Health Monitoring Report (posted 7/31/14)Quebec Public Health Institute: Analysis of Risks and Benefits (2007) posted 12/2/14)Review of Fluoride: Benefits and Risks (U.S. Public Health Service, 1991) (posted 11/10/12)Public Health Service Recommendation for Fluoride Concentration in Drinking Water for Prevention of Dental Caries (2015) (posted 6/21/15)Report of the Tasmanian Royal Commissioner (1968) (posted 7/4/20)
Dental Organizations
Accredited Dental Schools (U.S. and Canada)Professional Dental OrganizationsQuestionable Organizations (updated 12/19/15)
Consumer Protection
How to File a Complaint (posted 7/24/02)State Licensing Boards (updated 3/13/08)ACA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional ConductSale of Amalgameter Banned (1985) (posted 11/7/02)Kansas Appeals Court Opposes Dentist’s Use of “Inferior” Medical Degree (revised 9/19/04)
Disciplinary Actions
Viola M. Fryman, DO (link to Quackwatch)Richard T. Hansen, Jr., DMD. (link to Casewatch)Peter Hehli, DDS (link to Casewatch)Hal A. Huggins, DDS (link to Quackwatch)Robert Kulacz, DDS (revised 1/7/16)Terry J. Lee, DDS (revised 2/13/05)Scott McAdoo, DDS (posted 9/19/04)Alireza Panahpour, DDS (link to Casewatch)Douglas J. Phillips, DDS (link to Quackwatch)Anthony G. Roeder, DDS(posted 9/14/04)Wesley Shankland, DDS (posted 3/24/07)James Shen, DDS and Riley Young, DDS (posted 6/27/06)Alan Spaeth, DDS (posted 7/22/04)Richard Vander Heyden, DDS. (link to Casewatch)
Reliable Sites
Academy of General DentistryAmerican Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonsAmerican Academy of Oral Medicine (AAOM)American Academy of Pediatric DentistryAmerican Academy of PeriodontologyAmerican Association of EndodontistsAmerican Dental Association (ADA)American Fluoridation SocietyAustralian Research Centre for Population Oral Health British Fluoridation SocietyCampaign for Dental Health (dissects antifluoridation claims)Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Dental Cost CalculatorEnd Cavities Fluoride Exposed (how the scientific method supports fluoridation)Fluoride Science (examines antifluoridation claims)National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (Bright Futures)National Center for Fluoridation Policy & ResearchNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse (NOHIC)National Oral Health Surveillance SystemNova Scotia Dental Association: Site for elementary school childrenQuackwatchSargenti Opposition SocietySurgeon General’s Report on Oral Health in AmericaThe TMJ AssociationShareTweetShare