Age and oral health CONSIDERATION of the relationship between age and oral health is important for two reasons. First, there is the concept of …

SURPRISING as it may seem, many people are unaware that dental disease is just like any other infection caused by bacteria. It is a …

I RECALL that while studying dentistry in Brazil in the late 1980s, many of my patients remarked as they sat in the dental chair, …

MANY PERSONS expressed surprise to learn, at a recent lecture I presented, that harmful oral habits can significantly impact on a person, to the …

NOW THAT we are celebrating Oral Health Month in Guyana, one may be tempted to compare us with many of the so-called developed countries …

MODERN dentistry provides many challenges for the dental practitioner. Some of these involve the acquisition of technical skills, such as the ability to use …

Your child’s first baby teeth are at risk for decay as soon as they appear. One of the risks for early childhood caries (baby …

I HAVE NO doubt that every dentist becomes annoyed when their patients do certain things. Now there are two things that patients do that …

THE GOVERNMENTS of most Third World countries, including Guyana, have undertaken to provide dental services to their populations either free, or at very subsidized …

TRY ANSWERING this question. Can the neglect of one’s personal oral hygiene result in death for that person? Is dental disease so innocuous that …