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C-U townships: Health care overhaul freeing up budget room

Champaign-Urbana’s township supervisors say the Affordable Care Act is going to free up a significant portion of their budgets – which ultimately means more services will be available to the poorest people in the two cities.

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Virulent tooth decay in toddlers can be caused by combination of bacterium and fungus

Early childhood caries, a highly aggressive and painful form of tooth decay that frequently occurs in preschool children, especially from backgrounds of poverty, may result from a nefarious partnership between a bacterium and a fungus, according to a paper published ahead of print in the journal Infection and Immunity.
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Bacterium and fungus act in tandem to cause early childhood caries, Penn researchers say

The relationship between a bacterium and a fungus may be responsible for early childhood caries, report University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine investigators online Feb. 24 in the journal Infection and Immunity.

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Implants placed 20 years ago: can anyone help?

This patient had the mesial implant removed. He wants me to place another and then restore this case. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)

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Free dental clinic in Suffolk

Hundreds showed up and turned the gym at Kings Fork Middle School into one big dental clinic today.

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Oral thrush a common complication of HIV ‘because of fungi’

A new study investigates the role of bacteria and fungi in the human mouth. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, published their findings in the journal PLOS Pathogens.Experts know that organisms that live in our mouths are capable of contributing to both health and disease.
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ADA urges dentist exemption from Medicare enrollment

Washington—The Association urged federal health officials to exclude dentists from proposed regulations that would deny claims for Medicare Part D drugs unless the prescriber is enrolled in Medicare or has a valid opt-out affidavit on file.

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Implant may have perforated lingual cortical plate: options?

The implant is very far from the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN), but I am concerned that I may have perforated the lingual cortical plate as the last drill did meet some resistance. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)

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Reasons for Getting Dental Implants

Dentures and bridges look and feel cumbersome, so state-of-the-art dental implants are the choice of many baby boomers who need to replace lost teeth.

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Delta Dental plan for employees limits cleanings for healthy adults to one per year

Delta Dental unveiled a new risk-based dental insurance plan Jan. 1 for its employees in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio that reduces the number of cleanings each year for healthy adults.

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