DENTAL practitioners in this country invariably assume they are obligated to treat every patient seeking their services. This is because they generally do not …

What will new dentures feel like? NEW dentures may feel awkward for a few weeks until you become accustomed to them. The dentures may …

IT is well-established and even confirmed by numerous international reports that there is global trend of increased longevity among older adults, especially in developed …

I remember a colleague once told me that every time he polishes the teeth of a male smoker over 60, he almost expects the …

SUCCESSFUL treatment in the healing arts is not attributed exclusively to administering an appropriate remedy. Once there is person-to-person interaction, a certain degree of …

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 …