Whole Tooth: Answers to the Questions You Always Wanted to Ask Your Dentist

For those of you holding back on asking your dentist a question, this just might be a more enjoyable way to get the answer. Hundreds of your questions over the years have been selected and organized by subject area and addressed in plain language. The Whole Tooth is every bit the polished, practical and evolved reference, it just happens to be dressed in casual clothes.

Here you will find information on teeth and their immediate surroundings presented in an entertaining way. Imagine the words entertainment and dentistry in the same sentence. And yet it is a world of science every bit as fascinating as any other, it just needs a better story teller

Dr. Martin Nweeia compiles here ten years of column writing for Gannett-USA Today. He was a syndicated columnist first with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and a dental correspondent with the CBS affliate KGMB-TV. He has won several writing awards including the International College of Dentist's Golden Pen Award and the Editorial Award of Excellence from the Academy of General Dentistry.

Recognized worldwide as a dental researcher, Dr. Nweeia has led expeditions to the Colombian Amazon, and the Ulithi Atoll in Micronesia. He was a research fellow in anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution and has received numerous grants including those from the American Cancer Society, the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Dr. Nweeia graduated from Trinity College in Hartford and received his doctorate at Case Western Reserve University. He received his postdoctoral training in Sweden. Dr. Nweeia practiced dentistry in Honolulu for 11 years, and currently practices in Sharon, Connecticut.