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

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

Fluoride has primarily been utilised as an anti-caries agent Most people should have at least heard of a substance called

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

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

An important part of a dental examination is measuring the patient’s normal range of motion in the muscles of the

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

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

THE New England Journal of Medicine just recently reported that one of the questions of the Final General Examination for

WHILE there are over fifty registered dentists in Guyana, the estimated number of illegal dental practitioners, commonly called “quacks”, exceeds