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       <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:51:25 GMT</pubDate>

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       <title>Dentist: Recession causes more people to go without dental insurance</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/44950/dentist-recession-causes-more-people-to-go-without-dental-insurance.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[As the unemployment rate in the U.S. fails to lessen, some people are still living without access to dental insurance, which is potentially doing serious harm to their dental health.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Mobile dentist brings dental care to kids</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/44172/mobile-dentist-brings-dental-care-to-kids.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Kids in Illinois will not have to go far for their back-to-school dental checkups this year for now the dentistsare coming to them.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Dental insurance less common than cell phones</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/44003/dental-insurance-less-common-than-cell-phones.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[While scientific studies show that dental health is extremely important to overall bodily health, the number of Americans without dental insurance has grown by leaps and bounds.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Dental Insurance Cut in States with Strapped Budgets</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43865/dental-insurance-cut-in-states-with-strapped-budgets.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[The Guilford County Board of Education, facing the need to cut their budget by over $30 million due to cuts by the North Carolina legislature, intends to stop paying for dental insurance for school employees.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Many Americans would drop employer dental insurance if taxed</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43824/many-americans-would-drop-employer-dental-insurance-if-taxed.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[A poll conducted by the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) found that 56 percent of Americans would drop the family dental insurance provided by their employers if the benefits on those plans were taxed $300.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Children's dental care victim of recession</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43690/children-s-dental-care-victim-of-recession.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Families in difficult financial straits are forgoing routine dental care for children, putting their dental health at risk, according to a survey.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Survey: Full effect of recession on dental care unclear</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43548/survey-full-effect-of-recession-on-dental-care-unclear.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Exactly what effect the economic recession has had on how people are using their dental insurance is unclear, according to experts studying the issue, but the pattern may become clearer later this year.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Patients without dental insurance barter for dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43455/patients-without-dental-insurance-barter-for-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Dentists are seeing a spike in the number of customers opting for alternative payment methods such as bartering for dental care, according to an article in the Miami Herald.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Budget woes put dental care for the poor in jeopardy</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43449/budget-woes-put-dental-care-for-the-poor-in-jeopardy.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Cuts to Massachusetts' Commonwealth Care coverage, which subsidizes health care premiums for needy residents, could result in the elimination of dental care coverage for roughly 700,000 poor enrollees who cannot otherwise afford dental insurance, according to the Boston Globe.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Minnesota dentists warn cuts will prevent dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43345/minnesota-dentists-warn-cuts-will-prevent-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[A $6.2 million cut to Minnesota's critical-access dental program will force dentists out of business and make it more difficult for low-income patients and those without dental insurance to have access to care, according to critics.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Ohio poor may lose state dental insurance</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43304/ohio-poor-may-lose-state-dental-insurance.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio, facing a $3.2 billion budget shortfall, has proposed roughly $2 billion in cuts, which would include slashing funding for health care and remove benefits for dental care for those on the state Medicaid plan, according to the Columbus Dispatch.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Advocates fight for dental care to be part of healthcare reform</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43303/advocates-fight-for-dental-care-to-be-part-of-healthcare-reform.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Dental care remains the most common unmet health-care need of children in the U.S., according to an article in the Washington Post.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>California budget battle could decide dental care for millions</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/43004/california-budget-battle-could-decide-dental-care-for-millions.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[The battle over how to balance the budget of California, currently short $24 billion dollars, is heating up as both sides flexed their muscles.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Massachusetts dentists protest budget cuts to state dental insurance</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42970/massachusetts-dentists-protest-budget-cuts-to-state-dental-insurance.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts filed an updated budget proposal last week that would cut nearly $800 million in spending from the initial plan he filed in January, including the elimination of coverage for dental care for adults under the state Medicaid plan.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>California proposes massive cuts in dental insurance</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42712/california-proposes-massive-cuts-in-dental-insurance.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[A massive $24.3 billion budget deficit has California lawmakers proposing a desperate slash of services in all areas of the state budget, including a proposal to remove funding from most services covered by Medi-Cal, including a huge blow to Denti-Cal, which would deprive some 3 million people of their only dental insurance.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:59:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Photo contest aims to raise awareness of need for dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42683/photo-contest-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-need-for-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[The creators of the Got Milk? campaign have teamed up with the Dental Health Foundation to support National Dairy Month and National Smile Month - both in June - by way of a photo contest to increase awareness of students across California whose dental health is at risk.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:59:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Revised labor contracts cut dental insurance</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42603/revised-labor-contracts-cut-dental-insurance.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[The deal struck between the United Auto Workers and General Motors includes serious cuts to the benefits the union workers had, including dental insurance.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 21:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Many Californians without dental insurance cross to Mexico for dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42522/many-californians-without-dental-insurance-cross-to-mexico-for-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Almost 1 million Californians cross the border into Mexico for healthcare, many of them for dental care because they have no dental insurance, according to a study by the Center for Health Policy Research at UCLA.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Dental school encourages outreach to communities lacking dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42425/dental-school-encourages-outreach-to-communities-lacking-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Going to the dentist can be a source of intense stress for those without adequate dental insurance to cover their treatment.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Iowa expands dental insurance coverage to uninsured children</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42362/iowa-expands-dental-insurance-coverage-to-uninsured-children.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Iowa Governor Chet Culver signed a bill into law yesterday that will provide dental care to 11,000 children currently without dental insurance over the next fiscal year.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Patients without dental insurance forced to turn to dental schools</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42293/patients-without-dental-insurance-forced-to-turn-to-dental-schools.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Unable to afford dental care, some Missouri residents turn to dental schools to try and find a cheaper treatment option for their dental health.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Solutions hard to come by for dental insurance for low-income patients in Wisconsin</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42292/solutions-hard-to-come-by-for-dental-insurance-for-low-income-patients-in-wisconsin.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Impoverished children in Wisconsin have little or no access to dental care, primarily because the state dental insurance program, BadgerCare Plus, doesn't reimburse dentists enough to make treating them feasible.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Maine moves to expand scope of dental insurance coverage</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42285/maine-moves-to-expand-scope-of-dental-insurance-coverage.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Maine is debating the passage of a bill to expand dental insurance coverage beyond dentists to other practitioners licensed by the state, according to The Exception Magazine.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Patients come in for one last treatment before dental insurance runs out</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42212/patients-come-in-for-one-last-treatment-before-dental-insurance-runs-out.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Dentists in Gainesville, Florida are seeing some changes in their patients' behavior due to the recession, most of them not healthy, according to an article in the Gainesville Sun.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Rancher struggles through without dental insurance</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42176/rancher-struggles-through-without-dental-insurance.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Even when families have dental insurance, the costs for out-of-pocket expenses are high, and for many ranchers and farmers they are higher than their out-of-pocket expenditures on drugs.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 15:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Inadequate dental insurance limits access to care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42175/inadequate-dental-insurance-limits-access-to-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[As many as 300,000 kids in Wisconsin didn't get a checkup in 2007 because of inadequate dental insurance, according to an article in the Milwaulkee Journal Sentinel.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 15:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
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       <title>Bill on mobile dental care to schools tied up in committee</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/42001/bill-on-mobile-dental-care-to-schools-tied-up-in-committee.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Louisiana lawmakers could not reach a decision Tuesday on a bill to outlaw school-based mobile dental clinics, according to a report in The Times-Picayune.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Dental care more than a quarter of farmer and rancher health care costs</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/41783/dental-care-more-than-a-quarter-of-farmer-and-rancher-health-care-costs.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Family farm and ranch operators in the Great Plains states spend on average $873 annually on dental care, more than they spend on prescription drugs and constituting 27 percent of families' overall out-of-pocket health care costs, according to a new report issued by The Access Project and Brandeis University.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 9:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>For some, no job means no dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/41603/for-some-no-job-means-no-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[In a trend that may be happening in other parts of the country as well, some California residents are putting off dental care because they are either unemployed or can't afford a dental checkup, the Ventura County Star reports.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Costly dental insurance preventing surgery</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/41117/costly-dental-insurance-preventing-surgery.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[It's been a year since Alex Berry has been able to flash a proper smile.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2009</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>North Dakota launches kids' dental care program</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/38276/north-dakota-launches-kids-dental-care-program.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[In recent months, many U.S. states have focused attention on making sure that children from low-income families who do not have dental insurance or cannot afford dental care get the treatment they need.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Traveling dental care for Oregon kids</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/38158/traveling-dental-care-for-oregon-kids.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[In an effort to help reach a number of children who do not have dental insurance or whose families cannot afford to pay for dental care, a group of Oregon dentists and hygienists are traveling around the state.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Lack of dental insurance interferes with dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/37953/lack-of-dental-insurance-interferes-with-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Families who do not have dental insurance may be forced to cut corners on obtaining proper dental care.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:25:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Dental care initiative for W.Va. kids</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/37662/dental-care-initiative-for-w-va-kids.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[A new $500,000 statewide initiative is set to improve the dental health of around 7,500 West Virginia students.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:30:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Doctors and dentists team up to boost dental care</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/37456/doctors-and-dentists-team-up-to-boost-dental-care.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Increasingly, physicians and dentists are forming alliances to help battle tooth decay and protect children's dental health.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Dental insurance and other costs challenge NC families</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/36688/dental-insurance-and-other-costs-challenge-nc-families.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[High costs associated with dental insurance, in combination with a currently challenging economic climate, may be affecting the level of dental care received by North Carolina families, it has been suggested.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
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       <title>Seniors encounter dental insurance problems</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/36527/seniors-encounter-dental-insurance-problems.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[Many senior citizens may be living with tooth decay because they do not have dental insurance or their coverage is limited, according to a report in the Steamboat Pilot and Today.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Many children struggle due to dental insurance problems</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/36243/many-children-struggle-due-to-dental-insurance-problems.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[The dental health of millions of children may be at risk because of problems with their dental insurance, a Government Accountability Office report suggests.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:00:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>Anchorage dentistry offers low-cost services to 'anyone'</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30799/anchorage-dentistry-offers-low-cost-services-to-anyone.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[At the UAA Dental Hygience Clinic in Anchorage, Alaska anyone can receive low-cost dentist services at about 20 percent of what regular services cost, even if they do not qualify for low-income or student services.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:05:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
       <CopyRightYear>2008</CopyRightYear>
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       <title>New bill to require dental exam before children attend school</title>
       <link>http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/30750/new-bill-to-require-dental-exam-before-children-attend-school.html</link>
       <description><![CDATA[A measure passed by the House Health and Welfare Committee Thursday would mean that children attending public school would need to have a dental check-up beforehand in hopes it would begin to tackle the number of children with poor dental health.]]></description>
       <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:50:30 EST</pubDate>
       <CopyRight>Brafton Inc.</CopyRight>
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