TOOTHACHE should be renamed Christmas disease. But that cannot be, simply because Christmas disease is a hereditary condition, whereby the victim lacks a factor …

THE New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that one of the questions of the Final General Examination for interns culminating their programme to …

AS far as I am aware, except for food supplements and vitamins, there is no chemical compound or drug that we take that has …

MANY people expect to loose their teeth eventually, because their parents ended up with dentures. They think all their dental problems will be over …

COST is definitely a major factor when considering dental treatment in Guyana. Why is it so expensive to have dental work done in the …

SOME bacteria which reside naturally in the mouth are relatively benign (harmless), and, in some cases, even helpful. Others are more aggressive and troublesome, …

RECENT experiments have shown that by routing signals from helmet-mounted cameras, sonar and other equipment through the tongue to the brain, scientists can give …

A SIGNIFICANT amount of patients that seek orthodontic treatment to correct mis-aligned teeth suffer the consequence of a deleterious habit. Thumb-sucking is a common habit …

I AM sure that most of my colleagues, when they meet a friend, often hear, “By the way, Doc, I have to come in …