IT has been more than twenty-nine years since I started this weekly column. In 1994, the column was named The Dentist Speaks and in …

THE price that one would pay to have a single filling done by nearly one hundred private dentists in Guyana is approximately 15 per …

There are three broad groups of agents proven to cause cancer of the mouth, namely physical, chemical and viral. But exposure to these agents …

MOST traumatic injuries to children’s teeth and supporting tissues constitute a true dental emergency and require immediate assessment and management. Injuries to the primary …

The first thing a physician or dentist learns during his training is the characteristics of normal organs. Studying diseased organs then becomes easy. Let …

THERE can be no doubt that haemorrhage ( bleeding ) is frequently associated with dentistry. Also, no one can deny that bleeding after an …

A WOMAN called me wanting to know if I could do anything about her son, who wakes up the household frequently at night with …

ALTHOUGH it can be said that the major problems encountered in dentistry are generally commensurate with the patient’s ageing, there is widespread misconceptions about …

Chances are you have never been thrown out of anywhere for having bad breath, but I know a few husbands who have been banished …

EVERY dentist and nearly every adult alive have an ongoing and familiar relationship with dental amalgam, popularly known as “silver filling.” It contains mercury, …