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Guess this dentist tried to pull a fast one. John Collazos, a 47-year-old man accused of posing as a dentist, reportedly treated a woman for a toothache -- by kissing her butt after giving her an injection, Hollywood cops say, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Two more public employee unions -- representing doctors, dentists and engineers -- have agreed to tentative contracts with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, expanding to six the number of labor unions the governor has convinced to accept pay cuts and pension rollbacks.

Dentists could soon hang up their drills. A soft gel, embedded with a new peptide, placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside teeth to regenerate in about a month, according to a new study.

The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who died during a visit to the dentist is struggling to get answers on what went wrong.

Four days after receiving a nine-month jail sentence for touching the breasts of six women patients, a San Jose dentist was arraigned Monday on a grand jury indictment of a more serious charge of lewd and lascivious acts on a 14-year-old girl.

Reader's Digest Association Inc, whose namesake magazine has been a staple of dentists' offices for generations, said on Monday it planned to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for its U.S. businesses as part of a prearranged plan with lenders to cut debt by 75 percent.

For years, dentists have warned patients about the decaying effects of cola and sugary, fizzy drinks on their teeth.

Too many people in North Carolina either can't afford to go to the dentist or can't find one in their community, health leaders warn, and the problem is likely to grow worse.