October is celebrated globally as National Dental Hygiene Month. During this month the world is made aware of what is oral health. Is it …

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

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

THE most important service you can do for yourself as a dental patient is to be informed. Be aware of what your dentist is …

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

PERIODONTITIS is commonly called gum disease and is not something you want to have, mainly because it is an inflammation which creates circulating substances …

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

THE amount of current produced in the mouth by having different metals intraorally would seem quite small. Such conditions are referred to by dentists …

ANYONE with recognised gum disease also called periodontal disease, even in the early stages, is well-advised not only to brush but also to floss …

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, …