Checkdent, Los Angeles, has launched a dental health social network for orthodontists, dentists, and patients.

The network, hosted on the Checkdent Web site, features a dental healthforum where patients can get answers from orthodontists, dentists, andother patients on popular topics like teeth bleaching, braces, wisdomteeth, and root canal treatments. The network will also include acontinuously updated collection of more than 200 educational dentalvideos and 300 articles.

The site also features an interactive orthodontist/dentist directorywith profile pages linked to the Checkdent social network and an optionfor verified patients to write detailed reviews and rate dentists in keyareas, such as chairside manner and average wait time.

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