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Children's dental visits, unmet need

Hyattsville, Md. -More than 4 million children aged 17 and younger had unmet dental need in 2011 because their families could not afford dental care, the National Center for Health Statistics said in an analysis of data collected annually by U.S. Census Bureau interviewers.

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Who calls the shots?

Springfield, Ill. -As a way to benefit public health in Illinois, dentists have proposed legislation that would enable them to vaccinate patients, but the state's physicians are fighting to prohibit it from happening.

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Resourceful student clinic wins ADAF Tarrson Award

San Francisco -They do a lot with a little. They are the dental students of the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry -and their small, lean clinic, which treats homeless clients, has been awarded the 2012 ADA Foundation Bud Tarrson Award.

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Get a jump on Annual Session planning

Get ready for the ADA Annual Session Oct. 31-Nov. 3 by pre-ordering the 2013 ADA Annual Session Preliminary Program.

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