The exact aetiology of palatal maxillary canine ectopia is unknown, although four distinct groupings of causation have been described:2.

Every paper in Dental Update is considered by two reviewers. I would like to thank all those on the list below for giving their time and expertise in checking the validity of the papers published in...

Every paper in Dental Update is considered by two reviewers. I would like to thank all those on the list below for giving their time and expertise in checking the validity of the papers published in...

‘I am writing in support of the idea of including clinical experiences to help avoid adverse clinical situations: having been qualified for 6 years, I know that informal peer to peer sharing of near...

The value of practice-based research has been previously discussed,1 with the arena of general dental practice having been considered the ideal environment in which to carry out evaluations of the...

Professor Robin Seymour, who has been a stalwart member of the Editorial Board of Dental Update for over ten years, had advised me that he wished to stand down from this position, as he had retired...

The Minamata Convention on mercury is a global treaty, signed by the UK and over one hundred countries on October 2013 with the intention of protecting human health and the environment from the...

The Minamata Convention on mercury is a global treaty, signed by the UK and over one hundred countries in October 2013 with the intention of protecting human health and the environment from the...

A pH probe (PH0065, Jenway, UK) was attached to a pH meter (Ф40, Beckman, UK) and this was calibrated. Stock solutions of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide (NaOH) were prepared using NaOH pellets (VWR...

In the past, dentine-bonding agents were classified into generations.7 However, this means of identifying different groups of bonding agents fell into disarray because of the failure of authorities on...