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In This
Issue:
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Ancient
Teeth Provide New Clues About Dinosaur, Neanderthal
Man
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ADA Helps
Kids Answer Question, "What Do You Want To Be
When You Grow Up?"
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Lost
Permanent Teeth May Someday Be Regenerated
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Dentist/Explorer
Travels to Arctic to Study Ocean's 'Unicorn,' the
Narwhal
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Gene
Therapy May Someday Help Prevent Cavities
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Facts
About Early Childhood Caries
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Wealth of
Oral Health Teaching Tools Available from ADA
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Gorilla
Uses Sign Language to Say She Has Toothache
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The discovery of a 100 million year
old tooth lodged in the spine of a fossilized flying
reptile is changing scientists' perceptions about the
dining habits of the giant spinosaurus. Teeth are also
at the center of a scientific debate involving
Neanderthal man. Read
more
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The American Dental Association has
devoted part of its Web site to educating students about
various dental careers. For more information, read
on. |
Researchers have successfully used
tissue-engineering techniques to regenerate rat tooth
crowns. The finding may someday make it possible to grow
new human teeth from an individual's own cells. For
more, read
on. |
The narwhal whale is one of the most
unusual creatures in the sea, with a six- to nine-foot
tooth growing out of its jaw like a jouster's lance.
Dentist and explorer Dr. Martin T. Nweeia recently went
to the Arctic to learn more about the narwhal's tooth. Read
more |
The streptococcus mutans bacterium
secretes acids that damage tooth enamel, making it a
major culprit in tooth decay. Scientists now know how
the bacteria survive the acid attack, and the finding
may help prevent cavities in the future. Read
on |
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Although the incidence of cavities in
American children has declined overall since 1970, some
children remain profoundly at risk. An updated fact
sheet about early childhood caries, "Promoting
Awareness, Preventing Pain: Facts on Early Childhood
Caries," is now available from the National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, at
http://www.mchoralhealth.org. For more facts about
childhood caries, read
more. |
| The American Dental
Association offers oral health presentations, online
games, demonstrations and more to help teachers educate
their students about oral health. For more about the
ADA's teaching tools, read
on. |
| Koko, the gorilla who learned
American Sign Language as part of a much-heralded
inter-species communications project, recently signed
that she had a toothache. After her dental appointment,
where she was attended by 12 specialists, Koko now feels
much better. For more about Koko and her appointment, read
on. |
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