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Dental Month 2012
News Article
October 22, 2012
Dental Month 2012

It is here again! Dental month! October 2012 has come and we still have all of our teeth; or most of them; or hopefully some of them. In any event, let us give Dental Month a big welcome.

It has been 11 years since the Dental Month initiative of the Department of Public Health, was put into action. The initiative focuses on strengthening the dental knowledge of the general public. The stig...

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October 15, 2012
Dr. Andre Clarke: Article "Oral Cancer"

The early detection of mouth and throat cancer can be achieved by regular checks of the mouth and throat, by a competent oral healthcare professional. Sometimes, tissue changes in the mouth and throat may signal the beginning of cancer. These indicative changes will be seen and felt by a thorough dental examination and appropriate action can be taken.

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Leukemia and The Mouth
News Article
October 08, 2012
Leukemia and The Mouth

Leukemia is a malignant (cancerous) proliferation of abnormal blood-forming elements that progressively push aside normal blood-forming elements of the bone marrow. The destructive multiplication of abnormal cells, often causes a feeling of unwell and weakness in a person with leukemia. This is most likely due to the bone marrow?s failure as a result of the invasion of the abnormal cells.

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September 24, 2012
Former BAAA President Paul Adderley A Statesman And A Hero

Since the founding of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) about 60 years ago, there have been 13 presidents.

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September 11, 2012
How To Maintain A Healthy Mouth During Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is essentially a treatment regime that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast growing cells in the body. These fast growing cells are not only bad cancer cells in the body, but also many good cells too. It is because of this fact that the side effects of chemotherapy occur. These side effects are the ?Achilles tendons? of the chemical therapies referred to here.

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September 05, 2012
Mouth care during chemotherapy

When a person is diagnosed with cancer, it is very common for the person to become apprehensive about the diagnosis. It often strikes fear in many persons and such a diagnosis is received with the worst expectations.

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November 11, 2011
Vocation and bilingualism will stimulate economy

In order to create jobs and improve the economy, more emphasis must be placed on vocational training in schools to help prepare Bahamians for the marketplace, according to the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate for Fort Charlotte.

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July 18, 2011
The cost of keeping your mouth alive

By Dr Andre Clarke

"It seems like the cost of dental care keeps increasing. Dentists charge too much. Why should I pay so much for such a simple dental procedure?"

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June 10, 2010
New protocols at Ministry of Health

Performance targets to make public healthcare staff more accountable. The Ministry of Health and the Department of Public Health will introduce performance targets for all its employees within the public healthcare clinic system in order to make them more accountable to patients, Minister of Health Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis said.

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DentAesthetics
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DentAesthetics

Prince Charles Drive (just east of Soldier Rd. light)
Nassau
Nassau / Paradise Island, Bahamas

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