In 1968 over one third of the total adult population of the UK had no natural teeth, and only a small number of people of pensionable age had any teeth at all.

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That data showed that the number of routine wisdom teeth removals had been falling steadily since 1998.

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He works for the Internal Revenue Service, never takes vacations, and always cleans his teeth with the same number of brushstrokes.

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Finally, treating and preventing stress or anxiety through counseling, relaxation, exercise, meditation, hypnotherapy or any number of other stress-relief methods may help eliminate teeth grinding as well.

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"I found it amazing the number of 40-year-olds wandering around with braces on their teeth, because there hadn't been a dentist when they were a kid, " he said.

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Coddling of China, even as it arms to the teeth with weapons designed to attack American forces and infrastructure - a number of which have emerged to the complete surprise of U.S. intelligence.

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