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...definition of delinquency and for schools, which are responsible for administering the loans, to adopt tougher collection policies. According to the Senate committee's case-by-case review of loans to Harvard medical students, 24% are in arrears. The university, however, claims that only 5% of medical and dental students with loans are delinquent. One reason for the differing rates: a partial payment, even on a long-overdue loan, can take a debtor off the school's delinquency roll. Last month one graduate made amends by paying $25 on a $1,477 loan that was overdue five years...
...putting on a cap, also known as a crown or jacket, the tooth is ground to a stump, then a porcelain or gold jacket prepared in the dental laboratory from a wax impression is carefully cemented on. Capping even one tooth can take three or four sittings. In bonding, there is no drilling, no anesthetic is used, and several teeth can be bonded during a single visit to the dentist. Diluted phosphoric acid is applied to the natural tooth, etching microscopic pores into the enamel. Next comes a coat of liquid plastic to seal the tooth. Then a paste composed...
Dentists are most cautious about the new laminate veneers. Says Dr. Cornells Pameijer of Boston University: "I don't use it. It gives the tooth a dead look." Another concern, says Dan Nathanson of Tufts dental school in Boston, is that the shields tend to fall off: "If you have six teeth with plastic veneers, there's a good chance you'll lose one within a year...
...sale-flea market economic chic in the new bartering boom. Many traders admit to a strong pride in managing their lives with little money. Says Betty Cordell, 39, owner of a Barter Systems franchise in Atlanta: "I would not pay cash for a haircut, for cosmetics or dry cleaning, dental services, medical services or other costs of everyday living...
...statistical, economic and political analysis of health care. "We must also consider whether to extend community service to the greater Boston area in an effort to improve health care," Mosteller said recently. "We hope to develop parallel programs in management for persons with advanced degrees in law, medicine and dental studies and by expanding our personnel base, we hope to stimulate further topics for research...