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Researchers at the Dental School believe they have discovered a new means of treating periodontal disease, the major cause of tooth loss in adults and an ailment that strikes 75 per cent of all people over...
Under conventional surgery for periodontal disease, dentists pull the gums back to expose the underlying bone, cleanse the area and replace the gums at a level that covers more of the diseased tooth, Williams said, adding the operation "is not very popular with patients...
...symptoms of periodontal disease--bleeding gums and loose teeth--appear only in its latter stages, Jeffcoat said, adding that its best deterent is proper and regular tooth care...
...visited the ruins of an ancient fort 25 miles south of Islamabad last week, they seemed to have wandered too close to where the gas centrifuge factory is being built. They were set upon by half a dozen unidentified men and beaten with clubs; the ambassador had a front tooth broken, and his aide suffered a concussion...
...Monday evening the Pope sat before the shrine listening to the incongruous sound of a Catholic folk-rock band that blasted out We Want God and other religious songs. When the musicale ended, John Paul confessed, "I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. Now I must go; otherwise I will lose my image...