THE  bad news is that chronic gum disease, also called chronic periodontitis, cannot be cured, although most of the symptoms may disappear for months …

AT the turn of the last century, Dr. George Black, a pioneer dentist, laid down his principle of preparing a cavity in a tooth …

Dr BERTRAND R. STUART I WAS recently asked the question: At what age should I start cleaning my child’s mouth? Well, parents or guardians …

ALMOST all the standard dental procedures require numbing the area where the work is being performed. The use of local anaesthetic to achieve this …

THE World Health Organization (WHO) defines non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, as those which “tend to be of long duration and …

DENTAL practitioners have been telling their patients for many decades to floss daily, and they have been doing so for good reasons. A patient …

SOMETIMES, a child may suffer a blow to a tooth without it being displaced from its normal position. The structures supporting it would be …

I OFTEN ponder the simplicity of oral health. This happens especially when I reflect on the guardrails of maintaining general health. For instance, exercising …

THE question in this caption—”How is your dentist treating you?”—can be interpreted in two ways. On the one hand, it could refer to dental …