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03/28/2005
By Craig Palmer Baltimore, Md. — Clinical researchers and dental practice representatives set the stage at a March 12-14 workshop for "a fresh start" on understanding dental caries as a dynamic disease of progression, regression and arrest, reassessing even the nomenclature for a common chronic disease. Caries diagnosis, for example, was "more accurately" described at the International Caries Detection and Assessment System Workshop as caries detection and assessment. The National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, American Dental Association and International Association for Dental Research sponsored the workshop.

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03/24/2005
"It's a valued benefit employees would like," said Alan Vogel, national dental director for New York City-based Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. "You might find that if people are healthier dentally, they are healthier and happier workers." Typically, dental insurance is offered in preferred provider organization plans. In a PPO model, dentists are part of a network and give discounts to the insurance company. Business owners who provide this for employees, though, might need some help to get through the process.

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