Richard Holliday

Academic Clinical Fellow/Specialty Registrar in Restorative Dentistry

Hypodontia: aesthetics and function part 2: management

In order to provide patients with the most aesthetically pleasing and functional outcome, an interdisciplinary approach to management may be required. The role and aims of the team has been previously...

Hypodontia: aesthetics and functions part 1: aetiology and the problems

Absence of primary or permanent teeth can have a significant effect on facial aesthetics, which may have a negative psychological impact in some cases. A study of 451 patients reported that...

Electronic cigarettes: harm reduction or another addiction?; the dental perspective

The first record of e-cigarettes was in 1965 when a US patent was filed by Herbert Gilbert (US Patent Office # 3200819).4 The recent explosion in e-cigarette popularity is often linked to Hon Lik, a...

Traditional and contemporary techniques for optimizing root canal irrigation

This paper has summarized the various techniques available to optimize endodontic irrigation, either through manually activating syringe irrigation or through using contemporary automated devices....