• Dentistry,  General

    Ultra Suction Denture System

    Flap ran across this new denture system that has recently received FDA approval. Read about it here and here:

    A New Zealand based company, Biomedics NZ Limited reports that it has obtained FDA approval for its Ultra Suctionâ„¢, complete denture stabilizer system.

    Biomedics NZ reports that Ultra Suctionâ„¢ system comprises a tiny unidirectional device that is imbedded into a denture plate. As the denture wearer bites firmly, the air trapped between the gum and the denture is expelled through the device, via two air passages. The lower pressure obtained beneath the denture tends to exert a pull and helps secure the denture against the gum. Properly fitted dentures can increase wearing comfort, the ability to chew and therefore impact on the overall health of the patient.

    An interesting concept, but in the USA, osseointegrated implants have a far greater impact and aid in the retention of jaw bone as well.

    Perhaps this may help patients in the NHS oriented U.K and its colonial states where tooth loss is frequently more profound and accepted at earlier ages.

  • Morons

    U.S Representatives Praise India Universities

    John Dvorak reveals the hypocristy of the U.S. Congress in its praise of India and the Indian Institutes of Technology.

    Read his blog here:

    Do these Congressmen ever ask the following question: If the IIT and its graduates are so great (”in all walks of life”) then why is India a hellhole and why do all these socially responsible grads abandon their own country to come here to get work in the first place? Simple question. America needs answers. A few years ago these same Congressional visionaries were telling us we should all be like the Japanese. I guess it all depends of where they get their money.

    I guess if someone pays you enough then why not denigrate the USA.

    What are those political hacks thinking? Morons!

  • Morons

    Newsweek: Trashing the American Flag

    What Morons the folks at Newsweek are!

    First it was a bogus Koran in the Toilet report that resulted in deaths and now this!

    Unbelievable!

    Hat Tip: Instapundit and Huffington Post

    Update #1

    LGF has the following translation:

    LGF reader rickadams translates the cover text:

    The red text at the left just above the “Newsweek” logo says:

    “America forsaken.”

    The big white and yellow text says:

    “The Day America Died — The ideal of ‘freedom’ falls to the ground due to Bush continuing in office.”

    Update #2

    Captain Ed over at Captain’s Quarters weighs in here:

    As the blog Riding Sun noted yesterday, the Qu’ran-flushing urban legend Newsweek printed earlier this month wasn’t their first excursion into anti-American pandering abroad. In February, while they printed innocuous covers of George Bush and Oscar nominees for their American editions, the weekly magazine used this cover in Japan:

  • Comics,  Day By Day,  General

    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    I knew there was a reason to like Diet Coke.

    And Fritos and Mountain Dew who needs them and…….

    A COO who denigrates my country.

    When she goes then I may consider buying a PepsiCo product again!