Patients frequently complain about the appearance of upper premolars which are badly stained following the placement of a large amalgam restoration. In the absence of any recurrent caries it can be...

Anyone who has taught in a dental school, particularly in the phantom-head classroom, or who has worked with new graduates in vocational training, will be aware that, whilst some students find...

Although this paper appears at first to be only of interest to practitioners actively involved in the prescription and placement of dental implants, it is important that the procedures and results...

The authors of this paper consider the development of self-adhesive resin cements to overcome the inherent difficulties of the earlier multi-step techniques, involving etching, priming and bonding....

This is an interesting case report of a 45 year-old female who presented to her dental practice with a painless buccal swelling on the right-hand side of her face that resembled a facial cellulitis....

As the authors of this very interesting paper observe, dental practitioners have been taught for decades that irreversible hydrocolloid impressions (alginate) should be poured as soon as possible,...

The teaching of implantology to undergraduate dental students is controversial. Some argue that competence in basic restorative treatment must be attained before such advanced procedures can be...

This study assessed children's intake of sweet substances and their caries risk using two different tools – the Caries-risk Assessment (CAT) and the Paediatric Risk Assessment Tool (PRAT). The parents...

The recommended single-use and disposal of expensive endodontic instruments remains controversial, and it is known simply from sales figures versus number of treatments performed that many...

Many implant practitioners consider that, while two implants are the minimum required for a stable overdenture, more may be preferable for strength and support. In this novel piece of research, the...

Whilst this paper is aimed primarily at those practitioners working in the field of special care dentistry who can expect a significant proportion of their case-load to comprise vulnerable adults who...