ADVISORY/Issue of Safe Dental Water to be Discussed at Los Angeles Times Health Festival.Feature Editors/Health & Medical Writers ADVISORY...for Saturday-Sunday (Sept. 16-17) LOS ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 15, 2000 Dr. Margaret Johnston, Chair of the Coalition for Safe Dental Water, Will Be Available for Interviews Dr. Margaret Johnston, a respected dentist dentist /den·tist/ (den´tist) a person with a degree in dentistry and authorized to practice dentistry. den·tist n. A person who is trained and licensed to practice dentistry. and chair of the national Coalition for Safe Dental Water, will be available for interviews at the coalition's booth at the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). Health Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16-17. Johnston has been instrumental in educating the public about the health risk potential in dentists' offices and in supporting recently passed legislation in California addressing the issue. The legislation is awaiting Governor Gray Davis' signature. Labeled "Dentistry's Dirty Secret" by the news media, numerous studies have revealed that the water that goes into dental patients' mouths when they are in the dentist's chair usually is loaded with potentially harmful bacteria. This dirty water can cause serious and even fatal illnesses. The danger recently has been highlighted in special reports on CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. Current productions Current television shows
Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. , members of minority communities and others are especially at risk. Although the danger is widely known in the medical community, dental organizations such as the American Dental Association American Dental Association (ADA), n.pr a nonprofit professional association whose membership is dental professionals in the United States. Its purpose is to assist its members in providing the highest professional and ethical care to the citizens of the and the California Dental Association have resisted efforts to impose tougher standards on dentists Dentists can refer to one of the following:
Johnston, who has appeared on national television to explain the scope of the threat, will be available to discuss this important family health issue at the Coalition for Safe Dental Water display at site C-6 at the Festival of Health on the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission campus. Video materials for television also will be available.
WHO: Dr. Margaret Johnston DDS
Chair, Coalition for Safe Dental Water
WHERE: Site C-6, Festival of Health
University of Southern California
WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16-17
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