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...be prepared to take an active role in handling an emergency. Each staff person should be able to perform basic life support services competently in order to keep patients alive...

...enamel involves the breaking down of mineral ions. Tooth enamel is a crystalline latticework composed of diverse minerals, including a calcium phosphate mineral known as hydroxyapatite (Figure 3). Caries lesions...

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