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Weber and Brooks led the two wolves around theclassroom to meet the spectators. "They love topull gum off from under desks," Brown said as Silanuzzled a lecturn in Sever...
Currently, the only thing dentists can do to treat gum disease is prescribe a remedy of increased hygiene and sometimes painful surgery. Researchers at the Harvard Dental School, who are experimenting with a novel drug treatment, hope to change that...
Associate Professor Ray C. Williams and his research group have been studying the drug, flurbiprofen, in an attempt to treat periodontal disease--which causes bone loss around the teeth and inflammation of gum tissue...
Last summer the four fresh-faced lads (whose names are changed here) -- the sons of a dentist, a teacher, a banker and a part-time police officer -- were shown to seats in the sanctuary of the Clifton Jewish Center, one of the buildings they defaced. They were chewing gum, cracking knuckles, trying to balance yarmulkes on their heads. Markovitz broke the tension. "Am I to judge you by your earrings?" the rabbi asked one boy from the pulpit. "You all grew up with beautiful families, but you must never take anything for granted. You must always relearn the lesson...
Even more gross is Barfo, a gelatinous goo manufactured by Topps, the bubble-gum company. The fruit-flavored candy is packed in squeezable plastic figures that extrude the substance through their mouths. Says a seven-year-old who savors the stuff: "When I think about it, it's disgusting." That alone should guarantee boffo sales for Barfo...