Dental practice: prices, production and profits
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Consumer price indexes data for the past 30 years is used to analyze the dental fee costs, hikes, and relation of dental practice to overall health care system and general economy. Findings indicate that dental practice is in tune with changes in general economy. Other key findings relate to operating costs, production, and net income.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2005
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Nanodentistry: fact or fiction?
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Nanotechnology involves assembling things atom by atom using machines so small they may be barely visible. The technology does not yet exist in 2000, but the Foresight Institute has offered a prize of $250,000 to the first person or group who designs a nanorobot and a nanocomputer.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2000
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Nanodentistry
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Nanorobots could be used to administer anesthesia, repair teeth, renaturalize teeth, reposition teeth, and identify and destroy dangerous bacteria in the mouth. Most of these applications should be available by 2010 or 2020.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2000
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