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 …

Braces are now a ststus symbol Dr. BERTRAND R. STUART DDS. MANY years ago, children tried hard to avoid having to use braces. So did …

Many years ago I could have been considered to be a “chain smoker.” I smoked between forty and fifty cigarettes every day. Then on …

The toothbrush is not superior to the chewstick -in its capacity to remove dental plaque Why is it that despite the fact that in …

Three weeks ago I extracted sixteen teeth from a patient at one sitting and installed an immediate total denture. His problem was severe gum …

Caries, which is a Latin word meaning decay, describes the progressive destruction of enamel, dentine and cementum. These are the hard parts of a …

Insufficient oral secretion is caused by a condition called xerostomia. A reduction in the amount of flow of saliva, which may occur for various …