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Health savings accounts will provide real value to consumers

In a marked turning point in the debate over the benefit of private health insurance, the Australian Dental Association (ADA) has released a major new report, Saving for Ones' Care, which provides fresh impetus for government to reexamine how health policy is delivered in Australia.

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Dentists keep dying of this lung disease. The CDC can’t figure out why.

The dental professionals were 23 times more likely to have IPF than the rest of the population, the CDC said in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released Friday. Something in their workplace environment may have been poisoning them, investigators said, although they don’t know what.

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Larger families linked to heightened tooth loss risk for moms

Having a larger family is linked to a heightened tooth loss risk for mums, suggest the results of a large European study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

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Poor habits causing tooth decay in kids

There is concern poor oral hygiene habits learnt from an early age is setting kids up for a lifetime of painful tooth decay.

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Closing the Gap in Indigenous oral health

New data from Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) shows the dental decay gap is closing between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, with figures showing the smallest gap in nine years of 11.6 per cent.

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Toothpaste alone does not prevent dental erosion or hypersensitivity

An analysis of nine toothpastes found that none of them protects enamel or prevents erosive wear. Specialists stress that diet and treatment by a dentist are key to avoid the problems originated by dentin exposure.

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