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Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery also will
provide analysis and research conclusions on quality management
programs and current dental practice standards and convene dental
expert panels to help Aetna Dental develop "best practices" to
validate the mouth-body integration.

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access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of
more than 655,000 health care professionals, including over 390,000
primary care and specialist doctors and 3,937 hospitals .

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Columbia to Provide Content Development, Research and Analysis and
Continuing Education Courses

Aetna (NYSE:AET) today announced an expanded partnership with the
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery that will
strengthen the oral health information on the Aetna InteliHealth
consumer information website and improve the effectiveness of Aetna's
programs to enhance oral health.9 million dental members, 8.

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(Logo: http: //www. In addition, Columbia will
collaborate with Aetna on research opportunities and continue to
create continuing education courses for dentists participating in
Aetna's dental networks.

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new agreement strengthens our relationship and should benefit
consumers, employers and dentists . (Figures as of December 31,
2004)

Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

Since its inception in 1852 and its incorporation into Columbia
University in 1917, the School of Dental and Oral Surgery (SDOS) has
vigorously pursued its commitment to education, patient care and
research.

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provides general dentistry, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry ,
orthodontics, and other clinic services to many members of the
community through its Faculty Practice, Postgraduate and Specialty
Practice, and Undergraduate Clinic.

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"We are looking forward to continuing our collaboration with Aetna
Dental and to providing consumers with reliable and credible dental
content through Aetna InteliHealth," said David A.

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Aetna and
Columbia will create content to increase consumers' understanding of
dental prevention and treatment options so they can make more informed
decisions about their dental care. SDOS encourages and supports all
forms of academic research efforts that have direct impact on
improving oral health by fostering faculty and student participation
in research and training students in current research methodologies.

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"We see tremendous value in validating the correlation between
oral and overall health. Albert, DDS,
associate professor of clinical dentistry at Columbia University
School of Dental and Oral Surgery."

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To help Aetna provide updated information to members and the
public through Aetna InteliHealth 's consumer dental health information
website www.

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medical libraries including those of The Mayo Clinic , Cornell University, The
University of Iowa, Columbia University, The University of Texas, The Medical
College of Georgia and many others.com.

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Columbia faculty members will lend their clinical expertise to the
following consumer dental features on Aetna InteliHealth's dental
health information website:

Ask the Dentist feature: visitors to the website will have the
opportunity to submit questions regarding dental health and
medicine. On a weekly basis, Aetna and Columbia will select
several questions and post the answers on the website.com. Recognizing the value to the public and the dental
specialties, SDOS established the first formal specialty education
program in orthodontics in the 1920s.

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develop continuing education courses for dentists on that topic.

Dental health information: visitors to Aetna InteliHealth will
have access to dental health content reviewed by the faculty
at Columbia.

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Columbia will provide oral health content for Aetna InteliHealth's
consumer dental health information website, available at
www. SDOS went on to establish
programs in periodontics, endodontics , oral/maxillofacial surgery,
prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry and advanced programs.

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In addition, Columbia will work with
Aetna's dental business to analyze aggregated medical and dental
claims data of Aetna members to validate the impact of dental care on
overall health outcomes. "This agreement allows Columbia's
dental professors and students to gain experience developing
information for consumers and providers and conducting research and
analysis with Aetna .

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The report covers policies concerning electronic journals, archiving,
e-books, electronic directories, database user training, use of alert service,
virtual reference services, negotiating tactics with vendors, sharing
electronic resources with other libraries or a main campus library , electronic
documents delivery, librarian time management, web site redevelopment and
design, the impact of evidence-based medicine on library practices, employment
of librarians on medical clinical teams, attitudes towards university-inspired
or controlled cooperative scholarly publishing ventures , efforts to develop
endowments/funds for digital resources, cost control efforts, and other issues
of concern to medical librarians.

Aetna Dental Announces Agreement with Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

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and expand existing content with the goal of demonstrating the
connection between dental health and overall wellness.

Health -related news: several times per month, faculty members
will provide clinical review and input for written news
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Aetna

As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental,
pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, Aetna
puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately
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HARTFORD, Conn.dental. Our expanded relationship with Columbia will
help us conduct new research on the relationship between dental care
and certain health conditions," said Pat Farrell, head of Aetna
Dental.

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"Aetna Dental previously worked with Columbia on research
about ways dentists can help patients stop smoking.