CAVITATIONS are a relatively new term in the dental dialogue. Most patients are not aware of cavitations, and even many dentists may not know …

MECHANICAL oral hygiene procedures to remove dental plaque, including tooth brushing and flossing unequivocally enhance periodontal health. Gingivitis, although nearly universal among children and …

PEDODONTICS is a dental speciality that treats children. Children begin getting their first teeth at about six months of age, and they have a …

THE Ministry of Health has prepared to extract about 120,000 teeth from the population this year and will use at least 150,000 (a hundred …

RARELY will a death certificate indicate that a toothache was the cause of death. The blame is usually placed on the effects of a …

THOSE who are lucky to still be in the possession of most of their natural teeth should be intelligent enough to maintain their good …

IT has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of any population exhibit sufficient fear of dental treatment that their oral health has been significantly …

DENTISTS do not treat teeth, instead, they treat people with teeth. It was the famous British physician Sir William Osler who once said one …

IN dentistry as in medicine, pain and infections are often emergencies in every sense of the word. An emergency is an unforeseen situation that …

PHYSICIANS such as gynaecologists often refer to a dental examination in addition to a history and physical examination, before pregnancy, to assess your overall …