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...example, enable a workman to move it across a smooth surface with a push of less than 15 Ibs. Another manufacturer, Airfloat Corp. of Decatur, Ill., has designed air bearings for an eleven-ton concrete radiation shielding door at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and for easily maneuverable dental chairs...
...peak last week in Monroe County, Ind. In field houses, armories, factories, football stadiums and high school gymnasiums, more than 29,000 people gathered to scrub their teeth for about 21 minutes, as part of a mass "brush-in" to demonstrate the decay-preventing qualities of a new dental paste. The paste, manufactured under the name of Zircate, reportedly guards against cavities for as long as a year-after only one application...
...million persons in the U.S. are served by treatable public water supplies. Of them, only 82 million now drink water containing natural or supplemented fluoride. Muhler compounded his new paste to provide protection against tooth decay for 100% of the population, and particularly for disadvantaged preschool children, among whom dental care is the most neglected health service...
Muhler's new decay preventive will not be sold over the counter. Since indiscriminate use of his potent fluoride formula could be damaging, it must be applied under the direction of a dentist or a dental hygienist. More than 1.5 million persons have tested the paste thus far. The results: a 40%-95% reduction in tooth decay over a three-year period, depending on whether or not a treated person also drinks fluoridated water regularly. In Viet Nam, 400,000 combat troops, who average only one brushing every 21 days, have taken the treatment. Two hundred thousand additional soldiers...
...Committee for Disadvantaged Students reported yesterday to the Faculty of the Harvard Medical School that at least fifteen scholarships will be available for the Medical and Dental classes...