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(1)Delta Dental Plans Association National Scientific Advisory Committee Library

(2)American Dental Association, "Oral Health Topics: Eating Disorders" http://www.ada.org/public/topics/eating_disorders.asp

(3)National Eating Disorder Information Center, http://www.nedic.ca/knowthefacts/definitions.shtml

(4)Academy of General Dentistry, "How Your Dentist Can Detect an Eating Disorder," http://www.knowyourteeth.com/infobites/abc/article/?abc=h&iid=346&aid=123

,Oral Health Resources, March 30, 2007; AGD Impact magazine, May 2005

(5)National Eating Disorders Association

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