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

A FEW of my friends recently persuaded me to take a break from the usual remonstration and write something of a lighter annotation so …

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

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

TEETH wear down and break. In addition to proper oral hygiene, please consider these additional pointers. Don’t even think about opening a bottle or …

AN abscess is a swelling filled with pus. Three types of dental abscesses resemble each other. It is their point of origin that differentiates …

WE TEND to think of bad breath — also known as halitosis — as an adult problem. So it is always a shocker when …

PREMEDICATION is the act of giving someone a drug before the dentist attempts to perform any clinical procedure to tranquilise the person so that …

SNORING, like all other sounds, is caused by vibrations that cause particles in the air to form sound waves. For example, when we speak, …

ALTHOUGH avoidance of regular dental care is often attributed to economic reasons, irrational fear is the frequent culprit. The fear patients experience with a …