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...SARS. Millions of mainland tourists are streaming across the border. And prices for property, the economy's lifeblood, have zoomed up by more than 30% in the last year. Yet last week, Tung stood at the rostrum of the Legislative Council looking like he'd rather be in the dentist's chair. "We fell short of thinking what people think and addressing people's pressing needs," he confessed, describing the failures of his own government. "These shortcomings and inadequacies have undermined [our] credibility." Near the middle of the 100-minute speech, the teleprompter went blank and Tung had to fumble...
Farrel was not disappointed that Dylan didn’t play the guitar himself, a common complaint among students. She said Dylan was better off setting the tempo on the keyboard. She added that having him play would have been like “asking a dentist to floss. You can just have others do that...
...routine checkups last week, and both the eye doctor and the dentist asked me to update my health history for their records. Their requests made sense. Health-care providers should know what problems their patients have had and what medications they're taking to be on the lookout for potential trouble or complications...
...dentist begins the implantation by screwing the surgical guide over the patient's gums. Then, going through holes in the guide, the dentist drills holes in the jawbone to receive the implants. When the surgical guide is removed, abutments are placed on the tops of the implants, and the final prosthesis is fixed to the abutments. The downside: this and other new implant systems still cost about the same as traditional implants. --By Arnold Mann
APPLICATIONS: Though no dentist would ever tell you not to floss daily, the combination of the brushing technology and the new toothpaste is shown to get between teeth better than anything other than string...