Flossing delivers several important health-maintenance benefits Hardly a day passes that during the process of examining a patient’s mouth, when I ask the question: …

Baby teeth are very important Dr. BERTRAND R. STUART D.D.S Contrary to what many parents think, baby teeth are very important. They definitely should …

Fluoride has primarily been utilised as an anti-caries agent Most people should have at least heard of a substance called fluoride. Toothpaste manufacturers prominently …

The way teeth come together is called occlusion. It is my professional view, after more than a quarter of a century as a practising …

A dentist (or a dental assistant) performs cleaning of a patient’s teeth and gums as treatment. This cleaning may be preventative treatment (prophylaxis) to …

An important part of a dental examination is measuring the patient’s normal range of motion in the muscles of the head and neck. We …

We classify teeth into groups: incisors for cutting, canines (“eye teeth”) for tearing, and premolars and molars for grinding. The tooth types all have …

PATIENTS walk into my office and take a seat. I ask, “What brings you to my clinic today?” Nine times out of ten (at …

THE New England Journal of Medicine just recently reported that one of the questions of the Final General Examination for medical interns culminating their …

WHILE there are over fifty registered dentists in Guyana, the estimated number of illegal dental practitioners, commonly called “quacks”, exceeds two hundred. It is …