WHEN clinical Candidiasis (also known as thrush) emerges, it can result from a variety of predisposing or associated factors. These factors include but are …

EVIDENCE-based dentistry and the assessment of dental care within the community have become of greater interest since the introduction of the purchaser-provider split. There …

I BELIEVE if it were not for the fabrication of false teeth there would have been far less dental “quacks” in Guyana. Despite losing …

WHAT most people, physicians included, do not realise is that a tremendous number of headaches are related to teeth. In my experience as a …

PROBABLY my scariest experience occurred when I was about seven years old. My paternal grandfather took out his total upper dentures and showed them …

UP to eight grams (one-third of an ounce) of sugar is added to every 2 teaspoons of liquid forms of medication to preserve the …

THERE is a vicious circle between stress and dental disease. When someone is “stressed out” they tend to eat unhealthy. They are likely to …

FOR many years the dental profession worked mainly with rather inert (stable) materials that had limited contact with living tissue. The exception was dentures. …

THE tooth equation is pretty simple: germs plus sugar equals acid production. These acids can dissolve enamel and the tooth-root structure, resulting in a …

PROPHYLAXIS means “to prevent”. In dentistry, the term refers to professional cleaning, scaling, and polishing of the teeth by a dental professional. The purpose …