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THE World Health Organization (WHO) defines non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, as those which “tend to be
ANY perception of pain emanating from a tooth can be caused by mechanical, chemical, thermal (temperature), or bacterial stimuli. Stimulation
DENTAL practitioners have been telling their patients for many decades to floss daily, and they have been doing so for
ANYONE who it has been established suffers from a faulty heart should first rinse the mouth thoroughly with a potent
SOMETIMES, a child may suffer a blow to a tooth without it being displaced from its normal position. The structures
I OFTEN ponder the simplicity of oral health. This happens especially when I reflect on the guardrails of maintaining general
THE question in this caption—”How is your dentist treating you?”—can be interpreted in two ways. On the one hand, it
SOMETIMES, when I provide a patient with dentures, they call or return to the clinic, reporting that the dentures feel
I WOULD doubt if any aspect of medical science recommends the removal of a subject’s brain to improve their well-being.
RESPIRATORY and swallowing movements are activities that have been noted in utero. In fact, it is not unusual to detect
