For an individual with a sweet tooth, getting around a high soda tax would require neither genius nor brash acts.

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He said there were also "major areas of challenge" including disappointing breast feeding rates, large variations in preventable tooth decay in children, high death rates from lung diseases and a large amount of preventable cancers and cardiovascular disease.

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Dental health experts say tooth decay in children remains too high despite latest figures which show a decrease in the number of five-year-olds with problems.

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No wonder, too, that high-tech companies and venture capitalists are fighting the FASB tooth and nail.

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Another reason the Waterlase and Biolase's other product, a tooth-whitening laser, appeal to customers is that they sound so high tech.

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While the board fought me tooth and nail, the market agreed with me by pushing the share price to an all-time high.

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The Pit lurks behind high, unkempt shrubs, the only thing on a block of vacant lots, like a last tooth.

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