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- 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)
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Questionable Practices
- Air Abrasion Systems: Potential for Injury and Abuse (posted 7/1/02)
- Bizarre Tooth Charts (posted 11/9/04)
- Chirodontics (to be posted)
- Dental Kinesiology (to be posted)
- Denturism (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)
- Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis (NICO) (link to Quackwatch)
- Nonrecommended Books (to be posted)
- Quackery in Dentistry: Past and Present (link to another site)
- "Psychic Dentistry" (link to another site)
- Sargenti Root Canal Treatment (updated 11/15/07) :
- Serum Compatibility Testing (link to Quackwatch)
- Why Chelation Therapy Should Be Avoided (link to Quackwatch)
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)
- Dubious Mercury Testing (link to Quackwatch)
- NCAHF Position Paper (posted 10/7/02) FEATURE
- Ten 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 Update
- CDC Fact Sheet (posted 7/1/02)
- Q&A About Dental Fillings and Alzheimer's Disease (link to Alzheimer's Association)
- ADA: Myths vs. Facts (posted 8/15/02)
- 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! (posted 7/8/02)
- British Groups Issue Comprehensive Report (posted 4/13/05)
- CDC Fact Sheet (2001) (posted 8/27/02)
- Fluoridation Statistics (posted 11/4/04)
- Fluoridation Safety and Efficacy: A Response to John Colquhoun (1999) (posted 12/14/02)
- 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)
- Organizations That Support Fluoridation (posted 8/26/02)
- The Ethics of Fluoridation (link to another site)
- Unprincipled Opposition (posted 11/13/03)
- News Briefs (updated 3/4/03)
Dental Organizations
- Accredited Dental Schools (U.S. and Canada)
- State Dental Societies (to be posted)
- Foreign/International Directory (link to ADA site)
- Questionable Organizations (posted 6/24/02)
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 Conduct
- Sale 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)
- Hal A. Huggins, DDS (link to Quackwatch)
- Robert Kulacz, DDS (posted 9/28/06)
- Terry J. Lee, DDS (revised 2/13/05)
- Scott McAdoo, DDS (posted 9/19/04)
- 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 Dentistry
- American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
- American Academy of Periodontology
- American Association of Endodontists
- American Dental Association
- Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health
- British Fluoridation Society
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Dental Cost Calculator
- National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (Bright Futures)
- National Center for Fluoridation
- National 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 System
- Nova Scotia Dental Association: Site for elementary school children
- Quackwatch
- Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health in America
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