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  • 11/08/2010 at 3:31 pm #9509
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    Love this article on universal dental care (which I support) in the University of Toronto Magazine. The link is below to the online summary. Here’s the teaser snippet:

    Canada’s Universal Healthcare System stops, for a series of complicated and unpalatable reasons,at the gum line – a boundary not recognized by the human body. According to Jim Leake, a U of T professor emeritus of community dentistry, this artificial dividing line leaves tens of thousands of Canadians – especially low-income families, First Nations people and children – without adequate dental care.

    Read the rest of the article here:

    Gum Control :http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/08autumn/leadingedge.asp#gum

            

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