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...most promising of the new therapies, first available in Italy, is a product called Actisite. It looks something like dental floss but actually consists of an organic fiber coated with the antibiotic tetracycline. Packed deep in the gums, the medicinal thread remains in place for seven to 10 days. Thanks to a time-release formula, the antibiotic slowly diffuses through the infected area, attacking the gum-destroying germs. According to one study, Actisite delivers 300 times as much tetracycline to the crevice where the thread is placed as a gram's worth of pills would...
...apparently produce dramatic turnarounds. Rosie New, a 34-year-old Houston resident, was in danger of losing her front teeth when she received Actisite on an experimental basis. Two weeks later, the inflammation had disappeared. Her follow-up treatment included applying the powerful prescription mouthwash Peridex to her dental floss to make sure the bacteria did not reclaim any territory. "It's a major difference in what my gums were like," New says. The deterioration of her jawbone stopped, and her smile was saved. Says she: "It's scary, the thought of losing your front teeth...
...resist any attempts at treatment. "A lot of the new therapies are just at the tinkering, research stage right now," says Ray Williams, chairman of Harvard University's periodontal department. Until the gum-disease treatments get FDA approval, most people's options will remain the same as always: brush, floss and visit the dentist regularly -- or face the knife...
...election. I think that the convoluted folds of people's brains are filled with some sort of gook and glop. It's not possible for them to think clearly. And I think that laughter, the kind of laughter that my book generates, will serve as a kind of dental floss for the convoluted folds of people's brains so that they are able to make a perspicacious choice on November third. It's never been more important. I mean, 17 dollars is nothing...
...ended up like living in arooming group of 20, complete with all the toysand entertainment that 20 roommates bring. Jimcharmingly strung dental floss through his nostriland out of his mouth (feel that burn!) and Marccould be depended upon to say something biting anddry, when he wasn't sleeping and you could hearhim over his stereo (just bust a move). We had aditz and a femme fatale, a musician, a dancer, amovie star's son and a mohawked ex-debutante. Weeven had a kitten...