I remember a colleague once told me that every time he polishes the teeth of a male smoker over 60, he almost expects the …

IT has been more than twenty-nine years since I started this weekly column. In 1994, the column was named The Dentist Speaks and in …

There are three broad groups of agents proven to cause cancer of the mouth, namely physical, chemical and viral. But exposure to these agents …

THERE can be no doubt that haemorrhage ( bleeding ) is frequently associated with dentistry. Also, no one can deny that bleeding after an …

ALTHOUGH it can be said that the major problems encountered in dentistry are generally commensurate with the patient’s ageing, there is widespread misconceptions about …

Chances are you have never been thrown out of anywhere for having bad breath, but I know a few husbands who have been banished …

EVERY dentist and nearly every adult alive have an ongoing and familiar relationship with dental amalgam, popularly known as “silver filling.” It contains mercury, …

TEETH wear down and break. In addition to proper oral hygiene, the pointers below should serve as things you should not consider doing. Don’t …

HOW should you go about choosing a dentist? Should he/she be the one who is in the neighbourhood? That would be fine if you …

FOR many years the dental profession worked mainly with rather inert (stable) materials that had limited contact with living tissue. The exception was dentures. …