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Dean writes Agent Straight-Talk, a consumer blog on dental insurance and discount dental plans. Dean shoots from the hip highlighting best practices and trends within the dental insurance industry.
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Michael Medved Credits Dental Visit with Helping Save Life
There’s a longstanding joke that the only thing an older person wants for their birthday is not to be reminded how old they are. The exception to that punch line are cancer survivors, who love to be reminded how many years they’ve lived.   We’ve written before in this space about the importance...  Read More
Now Playing: COVID-19 and Mask Mouth
Ever been to a movie that was so bad you got up and walked out halfway through it? Of course, that was back when people were permitted to go to theaters.  None of us have been able to walk away from the COVID-19 horror show that has been 2020, though it certainly hasn’t been for lack of effort....  Read More
An Eye for an Eye, A Pair of Pliers for a Tooth
In the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks’s character Chuck Noland is stranded on a deserted island and is forced to remove his own abscessed tooth without the benefit of Novocain or a dentist. In a fascinating but agonizing scene, Noland uses an ice skate blade as a pick, a large stone as a hammer and...  Read More
Categories: Anesthesia, Oral Surgery
The Fireman, His Popcorn and a Close Call
 Happy 2020, readers! Starting a brand-new year and a new decade is always exhilarating, and perhaps even more so for the subject of today’s post.   Adam Martin is a 41-year-old firefighter and father of three from Cornwall, England who now knows the importance of dental visits. Martin nearly...  Read More
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