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# Burning Red
Nasa launches robot to take the temperature of Mars
InSight will dig deeper into Mars than ever before.
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May 5th 2018, 2:41 PM
# pearly grin
If you're self-employed your PRSI will now get you a free check-up at the dentist
For the first time, self-employed people can get free dental and optical exams through their PRSI contribution.
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Mar 31st 2017, 10:33 AM
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More people are being hospitalised because of problems with their teeth
The IDA is calling on the Tánaiste to reinstate the PRSI dental scheme.
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Apr 17th 2015, 6:10 AM
# The Whole Tooth
Need to see a dentist? Head to Westmeath - it's cheapest
Cork teeth are most costly.
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Aug 20th 2014, 7:15 AM
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Think your dentist visit was bad? This Indian teen had 232 teeth 'chiselled out'
The surgery took a gruelling seven hours.
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Jul 24th 2014, 2:09 PM
# The Hole Tooth
Planning on seeing an orthodontist in Tipperary? You'll be waiting 41 months
Independent TD Mattie McGrath called the wait ‘shocking’.
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May 14th 2014, 7:09 PM
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Over half of Irish adults only visit dentist in emergency
Irish Dental Association’s survey finds routine visits drop sharply after the age of 45 years.
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Jan 4th 2014, 7:45 AM
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Woman dislocates jaw trying to eat triple-deck burger
She felt a “cramp” in her tongue… then had to go to hospital.
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Aug 21st 2013, 12:48 PM
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Vending machine gives you free coffee if you yawn at it
Why has nobody thought of this before?
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Jul 25th 2013, 4:38 PM
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9 things everyone dreads about the dentist
Now spit.
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Jun 7th 2013, 7:29 PM
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Almost one third of us are postponing going to the dentist - because of cost
One dentist has warned that we may be returning to the days of extractions and dentures.
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Nov 29th 2012, 7:53 AM
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Guinness record set for world’s largest… tonsils
Ouch! A 21-year-old man had problems breathing and had constant sore throats until he had his two-inch long tonsils removed.
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Jul 19th 2011, 12:27 PM