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  Dental School, Foster Care Agency Partnership Improves Child Health, Aids Student Training

  October 21, 2012 — A partnership between a New York City dental school and a local foster care agency has provided consistent dental care to more than 650 children, and may serve as a model for other dental school ... > full story
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  Evolutionary Origins of Our Pretty Smile

  October 17, 2012 — It takes both teeth and jaws to make a pretty smile, but the evolutionary origins of these parts of our anatomy have only just been discovered, thanks to a particle accelerator and a long dead ... > full story
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  Novel Chewing Gum Formulation Helps Prevent Motion Sickness

  October 17, 2012 — A new prototype for medicated chewing gum has been developed for motion sickness that may offer many advantages over conventional oral solid dosage forms. About 33 percent of people are susceptible ... > full story
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  Halloween Candy: How Much Is Too Much?

  October 15, 2012 — As we enter the sweet season, parents are worried kids might indulge their way to obesity by gobbling up too many Halloween candy. But having a little fun with candy once a year will not lead to ... > full story
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  Anesthetic Combination Provides a More Rapid Recovery After Oral Surgery

  October 11, 2012 — The ideal sedative for oral surgery should make the patient comfortable during the surgery and should wear off quickly enough that the patient can leave the dental chair soon after the procedure. ... > full story
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  Cold Cases Heat Up Through New Approach to Identifying Remains

  October 10, 2012 — In an effort to identify the thousands of John/Jane Doe cold cases in the United States, scientists have found a multidisciplinary approach to identifying the remains of missing persons. Using "bomb ... > full story
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  New Evaluation Method for Assessing Toothpastes

  October 9, 2012 — There are various types of toothpaste available on the market. They come as pastes and gels, there are some that guard against tooth decay or protect teeth from acid attack, others that are designed ... > full story
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  Duck-Bill Dinosaurs Had Plant-Pulverizing Teeth More Advanced Than Horses

  October 4, 2012 — A team of paleontologists and engineers has found that duck-billed dinosaurs had an amazing capacity to chew tough and abrasive plants with grinding teeth more complex than those of cows, horses, and ... > full story

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  Chewing Ability Linked to Reduced Dementia Risk

  October 4, 2012 — Can you bite into an apple? If so, you are more likely to maintain mental abilities, according to new ... > full story
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  Ancient Tooth May Provide Evidence of Early Human Dentistry

  September 19, 2012 — Researchers may have uncovered new evidence of ancient dentistry in the form of a 6,500-year-old human jaw bone with a tooth showing traces of beeswax ... > full story

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