“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
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Terry Pratchett
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– March 13, 2014
NY legislation pits doctors against dentists
Physicians are fighting legislation to add dentists to a state-funded program designed to help train and place physicians in medically underserved areas. The Doctors Across New York (DANY) program, funded through the state Department of Health, was enacted in 2008 to help recruit and retain physicians in rural and inner-city communities. Grants are awarded for physician practice support, including reimbursement of loans to set up new practices and help pay residency loans; and ambulatory care training. Legislation… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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– March 13, 2014
A Lighter Look at Life: Takeaway really put its foot in it
“It’s a foot. Get over it. Call me back when you spot waiters swilling their bits in a collander.”
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– March 13, 2014
Snapshots of American Dentistry-Mar. 3
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– March 12, 2014
Jean Kerr
“I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?”
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– March 12, 2014
Reasons for failures of oral implants
This study reviews the literature regarding the factors contributing to failures of dental implants. An electronic search was undertaken including papers from 2004 onwards. The titles and abstracts from these results were read to identify studies within the selection criteria. All reference lists of the selected studies were then hand?searched, this time without time restrictions. A narrative review discussed some findings from the first two parts where separate data from non?comparative studies may have indicated conclusions different from those possible to draw in the systematic analysis. It may be suggested that the following situations are correlated to increase the implant failure rate: a low insertion torque of implants that are planned to be immediately or early loaded, inexperi…
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– March 12, 2014
Guillermo Rodriguez, CDT
The BRIDGE is an online network from LMT dedicated exclusively for members of the Dental Laboratory community.
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– March 12, 2014
ADAF Harris Grant accepting applications; due April 25
The application deadline is April 25 for the ADA Foundation’s Samuel Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health grant program.
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– March 11, 2014
George Santayana
“Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.”
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– March 11, 2014
Nutritional status and physical activity level as risk factor for traumatic dental injuries occurrence: a systematic review
ConclusionThe results suggest that no truly causal relationship exists between dental trauma and physical activity and nutritional status. Due to the relatively low level of evidence currently present, studies with more robust design, for example, prospective cohort should address this question, especially in view of the epidemic of obesity. (Source: Dental Traumatology)
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– March 11, 2014
