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

THE tooth equation is pretty simple: germs plus sugar equals acid production. These acids can dissolve enamel and the tooth-root structure, resulting in a …

PROPHYLAXIS means “to prevent”. In dentistry, the term refers to professional cleaning, scaling, and polishing of the teeth by a dental professional. The purpose …

SUCCESSFUL treatment in the healing arts is not attributed exclusively to administering an appropriate remedy. Once there is person-to-person interaction, a certain degree of …

Anyone with recognised gum disease, also called periodontal disease, even in the early stages, is well advised to brush and floss their teeth thoroughly …

DENTAL caries, commonly known as tooth decay and gum disease, determine a person’s oral health level. Unfortunately, such diseases are so common that every …

BECAUSE germs are so abundant under the gums and are so intermingled with sloughed-off epithelial cells from the gingival tissue wall of the sulcus, …

THE field of dentistry has been experiencing many innovations, although these instances are not widely known, and it would therefore be of some value …

UNFORTUNATELY, the public has been grievously misinformed about brushing, flossing, and using some advertised products; they all still fall short of what’s required for …

ALTHOUGH not as severe as the potential facial changes caused by the loss of all teeth, losing a few teeth also produces a sunken …