The part nobody tells you about cancer treatment: Protecting your smile when everything changes
The same radiation that saves you from that unwelcome guest called cancer can also damage your alveolar bone, the bone that supports your teeth.
By Patience Matambo
Feb. 20, 2026
Sugar is the new tobacco for your teeth: Reading the hidden labels on our daily food
In our modern food landscape, sugar is the new tobacco for your teeth a pervasive, addictive and silently destructive agent embedded in the very staples we consider safe, even healthy.
By Patience Matambo
Jan. 30, 2026
The illusion of a quick fix: Unpacking the true price of DIY teeth straightening
THE perception of beauty has changed, in dentistry many people consider straight teeth as the ideal thing.
By Patience Matambo
Sep. 19, 2025
The silent agony of temperature-sensitive teeth: Understanding and overcoming ambient thermal dental pain
Despite the fact that cold is the most commonly reported trigger, hot, evaporative, tactile, osmotic and chemical stimuli can also cause discomfort.
By Patience Matambo
Aug. 8, 2025
Tongue hygiene: A paradox of importance and oversight
The typical normal tongue appearance is pink-red with mild variations in tone; the tip and the edges of the tongue may be bright red due to more blood vessels around those areas.
By Patience Matambo
Jun. 27, 2025
Navigating the challenges of teething: A comprehensive guide for parents
In Zimbabwe alone, which accounts for about 0,3% of Africa’s daily births, countless parents experience the anxiety surrounding this developmental milestone.
By Patience Matambo
May. 30, 2025
The Death of Tomorrow
One vote is hanging by the skin of its bleeding yellow teeth
By Obey Chiyangwa
Apr. 30, 2023
