I AM a new freshman in college. I left for college a week and a half ago, and my girlfriend hasn’t yet left for …

PART OF the inspiration that led me to begin writing this weekly column more than seventeen years ago came from the great Greek philosopher, …

-Soft, hard, or medium A TOOTHBRUSH is merely a device intended to physically clean all the accessible plaque off the teeth and gums that …

-specialist in ‘supervised neglect’I may as well have said: “Live in fear!” Some had already lost their upper teeth and were doing the best …

-specialist in ‘supervised neglect’I may as well have said: “Live in fear!” Some had already lost their upper teeth and were doing the best …

‘This Rule states that the total time spent cleaning the mouth during every 24 hours must be equal to the amount of natural teeth …

The dentist advises I RECALL a dental colleague once telling me that every time he polishes the teeth of a male smoker who is …

OUR SMILES and oral health can be improved. Unlike Cro-Magnon man, the Etruscans, or George Washington, we have choices, albeit not the choices of …

MY DEEP concern lies in the fact that people with gum disease are, in fact, potentially seriously ill and do not even realise they …

EARLY HUMANS were susceptible to one of the same beliefs we hold dear today: healthy teeth mean youth, health, vigour, and good reproductive potential, …