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Matches are held only intermittently, however The Calcutta Cup Match, in early April, pits the Scots against their “auld” enemy — the English — and is a great spectacle.
Over the last 50 years, the widespread usage of fluoridated water and fluoridated dentrifices have been cited as major reasons for a decline in caries since the early 1970s [ 1 ] , and for the appearance of a significant association between oral hygiene and caries experience [ 2 3 4 ] . An inverse relationship exists between salivary fluoride concentration and caries experience in the deciduous and permanent dentition [ 5 ] , but fluoride concentration is excluded from most caries prediction models [ 6 7 ] . Acids in bacterial plaques cause caries in pits, fissures and interdental regions of teeth, but they also enhance the inhibitory effect of fluoride on demineralization, confounding the ability to predict caries from the salivary fluoride concentration [ 8 9 ] .
Their inhabitants dwelled in sunken pits and lived from hunting, fishing, and the gathering of roots and nuts.
Critics revel in his fresh dish (Clinton turns apoplectic over the slightest unfavorable mention; Hillary hates Press Secretary Mike McCurry; McCurry pits reporters against one another).
There are five connecting corridors, two pits, and four rooms before the burial chamber is reached.