Examples of ‘maximizing’ in orthodontics include maintaining an unshakable belief that an Angle's Class 1 jaw relationship is the gold standard which ought to be the goal, regardless of what has to be...

The amusing image of Professor Burke ‘eating his hat’ in the January issue1 and his elegantly chosen words about porcelain laminate veneers reminded me that I was partly responsible for the erroneous...

‘Montgomery consent’ means that any potential patient needs to understand the material risks and benefits of the viable options available to them in order to make their consent valid..

Clinical challenges that need to be addressed when managing patients with hypodontia include:.

Common features of hypodontia include:3.

The exact aetiology of DE remains unclear and it might be an isolated anomaly. However, it is thought to arise from an aberrant folding of the inner enamel epithelium and subjacent ectomesenchymal...

In 2019, a Parliamentary select committee inquiry was established to examine the state of UK dentistry..

Many people are now emotionally attached to their various mobile devices. Many are addicted to their smartphones. Some suffer ‘nomobophobia’, meaning that they get very anxious if they are deprived of...

Over the past couple of years, ‘fourth-screen’ technology (meaning a small portable video screen such as on a mobile phone) has changed the way young people communicate with each other. Photo and...

Many advances in medicine, while they are generally to be welcomed, have led to some unpredicted problems becoming apparent as the ‘law of unintended consequences’7 manifests itself over time and in...