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“In a viewpoint published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, the researchers point out that many common—nearly unquestioned—practices in dentistry aren’t backed up by solid data. That includes the typical recommendation that everyone should get a dental check-up every six months. The researchers note that two large clinical trials failed to find a benefit of six-month check-ups compared with longer intervals that were up to two years.” Do you need a dentist visit every 6 months? That filling? The data is weak. Chill, baby, chill.

+ A man “who aspired to become a police officer, admitted to sexually abusing his cousin during a police department job interview and now faces life in prison.” Anyone care to guess the state?