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

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

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

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

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

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

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