A survey in the United Arab Emirates among GDPs and specialists in paediatric dentistry found that almost 85% of them believed in restoring rather than extracting cFPMs.7 Similarly, 94% of Norwegian...

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland at a population level, the prevalence of dental caries in children is assessed by a national survey performed every 10 years. This Child Dental Health Survey...

GICs are defined by the acid–base setting reaction between the polyalkenoic acid polymer and the alkaline fluoro-alumino-silicate (FAS) glass.8,9 The polyalkenoic acid polymer could be polyacrylic,...

Demineralised, carious dentine is radiolucent. This radiolucency remains if carious dentine is sealed under a restoration (Figure 11). Without an adequate understanding of this and the history of the...

Good communication with the dental technician and attention to detail are important in the successful provision of RBBs. A pontic design should be prescribed to the technician, as well as the required...

Resin-bonded bridges (RBBs) have been used to replace teeth in short edentulous spans with increasing success since the 1970s.1 A systematic review by Pjetursson et al reported a survival rate of...

A failing restoration can be described as one that has suffered biomechanical defect or damage resulting in immediate or subsequent detrimental clinical consequences to the patient. This may affect...

An important role of the primary dental care team is the prevention of oral diseases. In this regard, the two most important environmental risk factors in head and neck cancers are tobacco and...

Table 1 summarizes the anatomical features that need recording dependent upon the prosthesis to be constructed, their clinical relevance and problems that may be encountered if not incorporated...