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“A patient's dentist would first recommend implants. Once the decision is made to pursue dental implants, we then work together as a team”

For the Marshfield News-Herald In adults between the ages of 35 and 44, nearly 70 percent have lost at least one permanent tooth, and more than a quarter of adults have lost all their permanent teeth by age ... via WisInfo

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Dental sealants - Protect your child's teeth from decay Using a dental sealant is a safe, painless and low-cost way to protect your child's teeth from decay. via Jamaica Gleaner

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“Then there's the horrifying rash of emotions because it took us 21 years to do that.”

A man's identity, hidden in his teeth, was rooted out of the grave Monday. The remains of Edelberto Deharo - known since May 21, 1987 only as John Doe #12-87 - rested in a 6-foot grave in San Bernardino County ... via San Bernardino County Sun

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“What I'd like to do is bring everybody back to review the bylaw, making sure we're still on track and that we're doing all the things we can do”

Pit bulls are under the microscope again following a vicious attack on an 11-year-old boy last weekend. via Surrey Leader

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“I don't think it's needed here”

Iowa should create a new class of dental therapists to take care of children's teeth, because dentists are not getting the job done, a dental professor said Friday. via Des Moines Register

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“Housing affordability has improved significantly over the past six months [thanks to falling prices]. Home refinancings are up significantly. And applications recently jumped all the way back to the highest level since 2004.”

Economy Not as Weak as Some Think. "There are so many reasons for crude [oil] to be higher: The global economy is strong. via The US Market Blog

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“We have had a couple of people ring up with wiggly teeth and things like that. There's been no big queues of people”

By Susan Sandys Mid Canterbury school principals and parents will be relieved the new school term has begun with a full crop of dental therapists. via Ashburton Guardian

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“If you give a gorilla a choice of eating a sugary fruit or a leaf, it will take the fruit every time”

According to a study published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE , the ancient human ancestor species Paranthropus boisei did not actually eat the type of food that is suggested by the size and shape of its ... via MediLexicon

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“It is expeditious to place this monumental construction in the south of the city where the prospect with the same name starts”

A rotating gold statue of Turkmenistan's former leader is to be removed from the centre of the capital, state media said, as his successor chips away at the late president's personality cult. via The West Australian

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“Now, with our latest research, we're suggesting that the late-veneer hypothesis may not be the only way of explaining the presence of certain elements in the Earth's crust and mantle.”

Working with colleagues from NASA, a Florida State University researcher has published a paper that calls into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped ... via EurekAlert!

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