IT IS well known that the morbid conditions of dental caries (tooth decay) and periodontitis (gum disease), which cause tooth

SOME professions and occupations experience an upsurge of activity around this time of the year. With dentistry, it is either

I AM a new freshman in college. I left for college a week and a half ago, and my girlfriend

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

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

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

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

‘This Rule states that the total time spent cleaning the mouth during every 24 hours must be equal to the

The dentist advises I RECALL a dental colleague once telling me that every time he polishes the teeth of a

OUR SMILES and oral health can be improved. Unlike Cro-Magnon man, the Etruscans, or George Washington, we have choices, albeit