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 …

SOMETIMES, when I provide a patient with dentures, they call or return to the clinic, reporting that the dentures feel uncomfortable. When questioned, it …

I WOULD doubt if any aspect of medical science recommends the removal of a subject’s brain to improve their well-being. However, it is highly …

RESPIRATORY and swallowing movements are activities that have been noted in utero. In fact, it is not unusual to detect a fetus sucking their …