By Whitney Persaud
Guyana now boasts a new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art dental facility – Jagan’s Dental Centre (JDC), which offers world-class services to the Guyanese public. Dr Clive Jagan and his sons, Drs Kyle, Shane, and Ian, are bringing a new dental culture and a number of new services.
During an exclusive interview with Guyana Times International, Dr Jagan and his three sons, who all specialise in the different areas of dentistry, reassured patients of their commitment to them even with the opening of the new centre.
“I have been serving the Guyanese public for more than 35 years, it was sad moving away from my Medical Arts office, but I have three sons who are specialising in various areas of dentistry and I want to start up something that would render new services to people and also accommodate their work,” he explained.
New services
Dr Jagan said a wide range of new services will be offered right in Guyana, and the new facility will be a hub for medical tourism. “We will be offering a wide range of services basically in all the fields possible: we will be doing general extraction, cleaning, filling, implants and laser dentistry, cosmetics dentistry, root canals, whitening of teeth, crowns and bridges,” he added.
Dr Kyle, who specialises in laser and implant surgery, noted that this is one of the least painful forms of dentistry. “Laser is a special kind of dentistry used in this field, and you can do mostly oral surgery with it, it is good for root canals and whitening and the beauty about it is that it is performing a bloodless surgery and it is also painless,” he said.
Lasers have been used for many years in oral surgery and implant dentistry, becoming standard for some surgeries.
Dr Shane, the eldest of the brothers, said his area of specialty is cosmetic dentistry. Cosmetic dentistry is any dental work that improves the appearance of a person’s teeth and gums.
“Cosmetics dentistry is giving someone a smile they are looking for or maybe a slight rotation, it is all about fixing and achieving the desired results that patients want,” he said.
Dr Ian, who is one of the youngest dentists in Guyana, said he has always had a love for oral surgery. He said before providing this kind of service to the populace, he will be pursuing another year of study in this field.
The young professional said that there was no better feeling than having achieved so much at a young age. He noted that it was always his desire to be a dentist one day.
The Jagans
The family acknowledged that the Jagans is a household name in dentistry but wanted to clarify that they are in no way part of the Cheddi Jagan Dental School (CJDS) or attached to the office of Dr Joey Jagan, who is another family member.
He noted that the best way to practise dentistry is to always be compassionate and loving to patients.
