THE bad news is that chronic gum disease, also called chronic periodontitis, cannot be cured, although most of the symptoms
AT the turn of the last century, Dr. George Black, a pioneer dentist, laid down his principle of preparing a
Dr BERTRAND R. STUART I WAS recently asked the question: At what age should I start cleaning my child’s mouth?
ALMOST all the standard dental procedures require numbing the area where the work is being performed. The use of local
THE World Health Organization (WHO) defines non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, as those which “tend to be
DENTAL practitioners have been telling their patients for many decades to floss daily, and they have been doing so for
ANYONE who it has been established suffers from a faulty heart should first rinse the mouth thoroughly with a potent
SOMETIMES, a child may suffer a blow to a tooth without it being displaced from its normal position. The structures
I OFTEN ponder the simplicity of oral health. This happens especially when I reflect on the guardrails of maintaining general
THE question in this caption—”How is your dentist treating you?”—can be interpreted in two ways. On the one hand, it
