The chronic ‘suck-a-finger’
By Dr Bertrand Stuart, DDS
THUMB-sucking is a common habit of preschool children. The activity is normal for infants and toddlers, but should decrease by three years and stop totally by age four. Unfortunately, many youngsters can’t break the habit by this time. But is parental anxiety over thumb-sucking warranted? It should be, if the right […]
Dental implants vs dental replants
By Dr Bertrand Stuart, DDS
PEOPLE sometimes call me to ask if I do dental implants, and if they could have it done. It may be difficult to believe this, but the average price one would pay for the implantation of one tooth in Guyana is half a million dollars and the process takes nearly a […]
Bad Breath In Children
By Dr Bertrand R Stuart, DDS
WE TEND to believe that bad breath — also known as halitosis — is essentially an adult problem. So it’s always a shocker when parents smell foul breath coming from their little angel. If it persists, they often worry that something is seriously wrong with their child. As one mother […]
Burning Mouth Syndrome
By Dr Bertrand R Stuart, DDS
A BURNING feeling on the tongue or roof of the mouth can usually be traced to a steaming cup of bush tea, or maybe to a hot bake or piece of fish just out of the frying pan. But in some people, particularly post-menopausal women, a debilitating burning sensation […]
Things parents should know about children’s teeth
By Dr. Bertrand R. Stuart DDS
WITH proper eating habits, most children will not experience any problems with their baby teeth. Even though baby teeth eventually come out, they do perform vital functions.
Some very interesting facts about the tongue
By Dr Bertrand R Stuart, DDS
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 elite soldiers superhuman senses similar to that in owls, snakes and fish. Researchers at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition envision their work giving […]
