Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Q: I am a 72-year-old man with a missing tooth in the upper right part of my mouth. I have a long history of tooth decay and was lucky enough that my ...

Dr Linus Ndegwa, a dentist and chairman of Kenya Dental Association answers questions on dentistry that were frequently asked by our readers. My child’s permanent teeth have some discolouration from ...

Q. I had a tooth extracted because it was broken and missing part of it. Anyway, I have to decide if I want an implant there. It is tooth No. 4. It doesn’t show at all so that is not an issue. Behind ...

A woman in the UK who underwent a hysterectomy said she woke from surgery to find her doctor had removed two of her front teeth. “I woke up from an operation with two teeth missing, and I cannot ...

Missing a front tooth can be inconvenient and embarrassing. Finding a dentist to replace that tooth can be difficult. Steve Howard, inventor of Temptooth, understood this problem and saw it as an ...