TODAY, it is estimated that over 250 thousand Guyanese suffer from chronic bad breath (halitosis). Many of these people are

A MAJOR part of the Dental Health Service’s strategy is to launch an effort to educate children and parents about

IS it possible to still suffer from pain at the very spot where a painfully decayed tooth had been extracted

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

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

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

ALMOST all the standard dental procedures require numbing the area where the work is being performed. The use of local

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

DENTAL practitioners have been telling their patients for many decades to floss daily, and they have been doing so for