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Friends carve bison sculptures for southern Indiana art park

The two grew up side-by-side in the New Albany Housing Authority, their large families constantly swapping favors with one another. Ruckman's mom cooked food for everyone.

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Carl Sagan

“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.”
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Dental anaesthesia for children – effects of a computer-controlled delivery system on pain and heart rate: a randomised clinical trial

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAvailable online 22 August 2018AbstractLocal anaesthesia in dentistry is usually given by conventional injection through a syringe. In this randomised, single-blind, split-mouth clinical study we evaluated the perception of pain and changes in heart rate in children being given dental local anaesthesia using a computer-controlled device compared with that given using a traditional syringe. Participants were in good general health with nocontraindications to local anaesthetics. One half of each maxilla was anaesthetised using each technique, the order having been randomly selected according to a computer-generated sequence. The hypothesis was that the controlled anaesthetic flow rate results in virtually imperceptible injections. The outcomes…
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Edith Sitwell

“Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.”
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Income and wealth as correlates of socioeconomic disparity in dentist visits among adults aged 20 years and over in the United States, 2011 –2014

ConclusionsIncome and wealth are both indicators of socioeconomic disparities in dentist visits in the US, but both do not have the same impact in some populations in the US. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
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Reduce risk of gum disease

It happens during any given dental appointment; that embarrassing moment when your hygienist asks how often you floss, and your reply is, “Not often enough,” at the same time he or she clucks disapprovingly and shakes his or her head. Turns out they know what they're talking about.

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Don Marquis

“Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.”
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Dentists say fines deterring poor patients

Dentists say a fear of unfair fines is causing a sharp fall in low-income families receiving treatment. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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Gleaming results after more than five decades

After being in practice for more than five decades, this is something John Dawe, D.D.S. of Signature Denture Studio and Laboratory, knows well. “Everybody has a little ego,” Dr. Dawe said.

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Chris Rapier

“I hate life, I hate death and everything in between just doesn’t interest me.”
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