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Harvard has said it opposses such a union because it can provide good wages and working conditions without the interference of a union. It cities its establishment of a long-awaited dental plan as an example of its concern. Also, pointing to last year's Yale strike, the University says that a secretarial union could disrupt the necessary serenity of an academic community...
...with an AIDS victim, sharing a meal or a bathroom, being sneezed on, even hugging and social kissing. Members of families who have lived in intimate non-sexual contact with AIDS victims for many years have yet to produce a single documented case of the disease. No doctor, nurse, dental technician or other "health-care provider," to use the medical jargon, in the U.S. is known to have picked up AIDS from a patient. (A nurse in Britain who contracted the disease was accidentally pricked with a contaminated needle.) In fact, there are only four ways in which the disease...
...more. Today studies by the National Institute of Dental Research indicate that nearly 40% of children between the ages of five and 17 have nary a cavity. While many medical specialties have promoted the idea of preventive medicine, dentistry, more than any other, has put its money where its mouth is. The results have been astounding. Over the past two decades, the widespread use of fluoridated drinking water and toothpastes, along with improved dental care, has produced a 50% drop in the incidence of tooth decay. A further drop is imminent because of the growing use of sealants, protective resins...
...Some fear that they may be going the way of the blacksmith. Says Dr. Ted Gordon, 62, who has been practicing in Chicago for nearly 40 years: "We're one of the few professions in history that has done everything in its power to put itself out of business." Dental schools, which were expanding until the mid-1970s, are now cutting enrollments. Total enrollment is down 20% since 1978, the equivalent of closing twelve dental schools. American dentists, once confident of a comfortable income, are feeling the pinch. As practices dwindle, costs of equipment and office space continue to rise...
...remains symptomless until it is well advanced. Says Dr. John Karch of Atlanta: "It is second only to the common cold" in the number of people affected. Gum disease is caused by bacteria that produce a colorless, sticky film called plaque, which, if left undisturbed by a toothbrush or dental floss, leaves a hard residue known as tartar. As plaque accumulates along the gum line, pockets of inflammation form, which eventually loosen teeth and wear away the underlying bone...