Vidya Srinivasan

Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Edinburgh Dental Institute and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

Electrosurgical Adjunct for Soft Tissue Management of the Paediatric Dental Trauma Patient

An electrosurgery unit consists of the current generator, active electrode, passive electrode (the ground plate that must be in close contact with the patient's body) and foot control, which activates...

Aesthetic dental challenges for the paediatric patient

Uncomplicated crown (enamel-dentine) fractures result in loss of enamel and dentine without exposure of the pulp.3 Dentine tubules become exposed and can act as a pathway for bacterial ingression...

Oral ulceration and vesiculobullous conditions in the paediatric patient

Most patients with RAS are otherwise healthy, thus it is a diagnosis of exclusion. There are, however, a number of systemic conditions involving recurrent aphthous ulceration and are, therefore,...

The management of non-vital immature permanent incisors

The completion of root development of the permanent incisors normally occurs in childhood, eg the maxillary central incisor normally completes its root development before the age of around 10 or 11...