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Investigating the management of carious primary teeth in general dental practice: an overview of the development and conduct of the fiction trial.

This article provides an overview of the development and conduct of FiCTION and discusses some approaches adopted to manage challenges and achieve the patient recruitment target. PMID: 26966776 [PubMed – in process] (Source: Primary dental care : journal of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners UK)

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North Yorkshire town is gripped by mystery of the unclaimed false teeth

An unidentified pair of dentures has been discovered in a clothing shop in Helmsley – and the whole town is keen to get them back to their rightful owner. The distinctive half-set of false teeth has sent Visit Helmsley's social media into a spin to try and find the owners – with more than 3,000 people reached to date.

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Dental implant with slow-release drug reservoir reduces infection risk

A dental implant with a built-in reservoir allows the slow release of antimicrobial drugs that prevent and eliminate biofilms to reduce risk of infection.
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Woody Allen

“What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.”
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Much ado about brushing: promoting dental health in schools.

MUCH ADO ABOUT BRUSHING: PROMOTING DENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS. Prim Dent J. 2015 Nov;4(4):76-81 Authors: PMID: 26966777 [PubMed – in process] (Source: Primary dental care : journal of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners UK)
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Solutions for the problem of missing teeth

Throughout history, people with missing teeth have been trying to find a tooth substitute that looks good and functions well. Archaelogical records show that ancient Mayans performed the very first dental implants using sea shells.

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Stephen Leacock

“Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”
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20 years of Enamel Matrix Derivative: The past, the present and the future.

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Oral decay a ‘time bomb’ for aging population

A Queensland dentist is warning that the state is setting itself up for an “overwhelming burden of disease in the aged population” as the elderly are institutionalised. Rockhampton dentist Greg Moore, a former Queensland president of the Australian Dental Association, said he had seen a growing number of elderly patients whose teeth had decayed after moving to aged care centres.

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Judith Martin

“There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.”
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