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Study evaluates the impact of dental office closures during COVID-19 on dental conditions among children
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Study examines whether replacements for missing teeth lower the risk of poor cognition
A study aiming to determine if the replacement of missing teeth with fixed prostheses may protect against cognitive decline was presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADOCR, in conjunction with the 47th Annual Meeting of the CADR. The AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition took place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on March 15-18, 2023.
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Study explores opioid prescribing patterns and the complications associated with liposomal bupivacaine use
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Tanzania probes mystery illness after five die
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PF should brace for harder, oppressive times – Lubinda
By NATION REPORTER
THE vulgarities and invectives against former President Edgar Lungu by his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema is a warning that the Patriotic Front (PF) should brace themselves for oppressive times as the UPND shall become more lethal and tyrannical, Given Lubinda has cautioned.
And Mr Lubinda says the UPND is being threatened by the PF’s growing strength, unity and popularity that the governing party will employ all dictatorial schemes in the book to annihilate the former ruling party so that it could have an easy passage to victory in 2026.
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