EVEN when one considers that in this country, for every practicing dentist there are about 22,000 persons, there could be some problems when the …

IT MAY come as a surprise that many of the problems I see in  patients visiting my clinic are related to electrical currents caused …

THE primary objective of treating periodontal (gum) disease is to remove plaque from teeth and to keep it free from returning once removed. This …

There has been a paradigm shift in dentistry in recent years. A new attitude towards the dentist has emerged, with patients having less fear …

TEETH whitening, though seemingly rather new in the field of dentistry, has actually been around since the 17th Century, when people would visit their …

OCCLUSION (or bite) is how your teeth come together when you close your jaw. Your bite is influenced by three main factors: (1) teeth, …

  WHEN Dr. Mel Rosenberg, professor of microbiology and co-founder of the International Society for Breath Odour Research, declared that bad breath is mostly …

RECENTLY, after attending a meeting of the Guyana Dental Association, a colleague of mine told me he was glad that I have been writing …

SINCE becoming a dentist, I’ve never used a toothpaste that does not contain fluoride. Most people should have at least heard of this substance …