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Why you should care for your child's teeth (INQ7.net)
MANY PEOPLE TAKE BABY OR MILK TEETH for granted because they are replaced by permanent teeth. What they don\'t realize is that neglecting a child\'s teeth can be harmful. Baby teeth are susceptible to decay as soon as they come out. By the time the decay is noticed, it may be too late to treat and preserve the teeth.

Tinsel Teeth, Take Two (BusinessWeek)
Need to refresh that smile? New braces can do it faster and with less pain

The treatment of chronic pain (The Herald Bulletin)
Most people pop a Tylenol when a headache persists and consequently lie down for a nap. But, what do you when the throbbing won t leave you? Going to a dentist is the farthest thing that comes to mind. It might be the solution, however.

Forest Dept objects to Nayagaon NAC (The Tribune)
Mohali, November 11 In a major setback to the Punjab Government s move to declare Nayagaon and nearby areas as a notified area committee (NAC), the Department of Forests, Punjab, has objected to the move on account of the fact that most of the area of the proposed NAC is locked under the provisions of the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900, and the Forest Conservation Act, 1980.

Bright Now! Dental Inc. Opens Another New Dental Office in the Phoenix Area (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AVONDALE, Ariz.----Nov. 9, 2005--As part of the effort to expand its Phoenix-area presence, Bright Now! Dental Inc., the nation's leading provider of business support services to dentists, today announced the grand opening of the second new Bright Now!

Dental waiting list hits 15 months (The Scotsman)
PATIENTS are having to wait a 15 months for specialist orthodontic work in Glasgow as waiting lists lengthen amid the nation's "crisis in dentistry".

The Colossus Project (The News and Star)
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end and presumably, this is why Last of the Summer Wine is still running and appears as though it will never stop.

Align, OrthoClear Suit to Move Forward (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Dental product makers Align Technology Inc. and OrthoClear Inc. said Thursday they will move forward in a court case over transparent wireless braces, after a San Francisco court trimmed a number of claims in the suit.

GUEST VIEW: Life s a gas (Winona Daily News)
I was fortunate to have had a fairly idyllic childhood. Not a lot of trauma, not a hotbed breeding ground for the angst I later co-opted from my generation in my teens. Nothing significantly dramatic, painful or horrific ... with one possible exception: the dentist chair.

ID sought of boy injured in bike-car accident (Newsday.com)
Suffolk police are asking for the public's help in trying to identify a teenage bicyclist who was struck and critically injured yesterday afternoon in Lindenhurst.

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