Straight Goods goes to the dentist

We want to make that trip a bit less scary for our readers

If you're afraid of going to the dentist, you're not alone. Is it the noise of the drill that gets you? The prick of the needle? The smell of the novocaine? Or the amount on the bill?
 

A depiction of a trip to the dentist by Masato Watanabe, a kindergarten boy in Japan. From www.indiana.edu/~japan/treasures3/watanabem.html

Here at Straight Goods, we want to make that trip a bit less scary for our readers, so we're putting together a series of articles dealing with dentistry issues. Here are the first three:

Grin and bear it
By Barbara Novak
  A cautionary tale about orthodontic billing practices.
 

Gaps in trust
By Barbara Novak
  How you can tell if your dentist is honest, and what you can do if she's not.
 

The things we do for whiter teeth
By Lanny Boutin
  Teeth bleaching can make your pearlies whiter... but at what cost to your dental health?
 

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