THE amount of current produced in the mouth by having different metals intraorally would seem quite small. Dentists refer to such conditions as “battery …

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 …

Anyone with recognised gum disease, also called periodontal disease, even in the early stages, is well advised to brush and floss their teeth thoroughly …

DENTAL caries, commonly known as tooth decay and gum disease, determine a person’s oral health level. Unfortunately, such diseases are so common that every …

BECAUSE germs are so abundant under the gums and are so intermingled with sloughed-off epithelial cells from the gingival tissue wall of the sulcus, …

THE field of dentistry has been experiencing many innovations, although these instances are not widely known, and it would therefore be of some value …

UNFORTUNATELY, the public has been grievously misinformed about brushing, flossing, and using some advertised products; they all still fall short of what’s required for …

ALTHOUGH not as severe as the potential facial changes caused by the loss of all teeth, losing a few teeth also produces a sunken …

PART of the reason oral cancer has such a poor prognosis is that more than half of the cancers have metastasized (spread) at the …

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