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Tom Stoppard

“We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”
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Hardware complications and failure of three?unit zirconia?based and porcelain?fused?metal implant?supported fixed dental prostheses: a retrospective cohort study with up to 8 years

ConclusionHigh survival rate of zirconia?base and Porcelain?fused?to?metal (PFM) restorations can be achieved with up to 8 years follow?up. The zirconia?based restorations need more polishing procedures, maintenance, and professional care than PFM restorations. The number of implants supporting a fixed dental prosthesis did not influence the implant survival and hardware complications. Well?designed studies with high evidence level are still needed to further explore the hardware complications and clinical survival of IZ and IP. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)
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Pioneer in Digital Dentures Hosts Inaugural Symposium

While still in its infancy, the digital denture market is poised for growth. “It's predicted that the U.S denture market will grow from 8.6 million units in 2015 to 9.7 million units by 2020.

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Fran Lebowitz

“Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.”
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Omega 3 Fatty Acids May Reduce Bacterial Lung Infections Associated with COPD

Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids – like those found in salmon – might be the key to helping the body combat lung infections, according to researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. The omega-3 derivatives were effective at clearing a type of bacteria called Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi), which often plagues people with inflammatory diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
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Dearth Of Providers, Delays In Authorizations Plague Medicaid Dental Program

In 2014, Washington's Medicaid program resumed covering dental care for adults. That was celebrated by advocates for the poor.

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Hansell B. Duckett

“What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.”
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Dimensions of oral health services access in printed media

This study aimed to analyze the publication of the theme “ac cess to oral health services” in the print media of the Espírito Santo (ES), Brazil. We used a qualita tive and documental approach to analyze the news on the access to oral health services disseminated between March 2004 and June 2009 in the two main newspapers of Espírito Santo, Brazil (A Gazeta and A Tribuna). To select the materials we used the keywords “Dentist”, “Dentistry” and “Oral Health”. Of the 392 news found, 121 were about “access to oral health services”. We selected 41 pieces for this analysis according to the rules of completeness, representativeness, consistency and relevance. The thematic content analysis of the data was performed according to the following categories: “availability”, “acceptability” and “affo…

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TRIUMPH: Mr Crompton’s exploits raised more than 600 for Help for Heroes

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Steven Wright

“I have an existential map. It has ‘You are here’ written all over it.”
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